Lake Forest (California)

By car

Lake Forest lies between Interstate 5 and the 241, a toll road. The 241 ends about 5 miles south of the city, but this road can be used to reach the Riverside Area. I-405 begins a few miles north of Lake Forest and can be used as an alternate route north.

By plane

The closest commercial airport is John Wayne Airport but the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the largest one in the area.

By train

The closest Amtrak station is in Irvine. Metrolink shares the station and has two lines that stop there. One line goes from San Bernardino to Oceanside and the other goes from Ventura to Oceanside.

The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) does provide a pretty thorough bus service but it is still advised to rent a car.

• Heritage Hill

  phone: +1 949 923-2230
  address: 25151 Serrano Rd
  Historical Park

• Whiting Ranch Wilderness park

  phone: +1 949 923-2245
  address: 27901 Glenn Ranch Rd
  approximately 2,500 acres of riparian and oak woodland canyons, rolling grassland hills and steep slopes of coastal sage scrub and chaparral.

• Nearby is the Irvine Spectrum and The Shops at Mission Viejo.

• Peppino's

  phone: +1 949 951-2611
  address: 23600 Rockfield Blvd
  For Italian food, the original restaurant on Lake Forest near the I-5.

• Inca Mama's

  phone: +1 949 951-6262
  address: 26676 Portola Parkway, Foothill Ranch
  a good choice for Peruvian

• Diho Thai/Chinese

  phone: +1 949 859-4192
  address: 23600 Rockfield Blvd

• El Paraiso

  phone: +1 949 770-2775
  address: 25252 Jeronimo Rd
  The food is inexpensive and is quite delicious. The main El Salvadorian dish is the papusa, which is filling but not heavy and a lot less greasy than Mexican food.

• El Conejito's

  phone: +1 949 458-1760
  address: 24331 Muirlands Boulevard #9
  offers delicious Mexican food, inexpensive, yet at times greasy food

• Avilla's El Ranchito

  phone: +1 949 855-4989
  address: 24406 Muirlands Blvd
  a chain restaurant with a lively decor and cheap, tasty Mexican food.

• Miguel's

  phone: +1 949 597-1079
  address: 26592 Towne Centre Dr

• Comfort Inn Spectrum Laguna Hills

  phone: +1 949 859-0166
  address: 23061 Avenida de la Carlota

• Courtyard Foothill Ranch Orange County

  phone: +1 949-951-5700
  address: 27492 Portola Parkway
  Cradled by Mission Viejo, Lake Forest and the Saddleback Mountains, the Courtyard Foothill Ranch hotel is an oasis in South Orange County.

• Los Angeles and San Diego are accessible from Anaheim via Amtrak and Metrolink.