Lake Forest, Illinois

ZIP codes in Lake Forest

Area codes for Lake Forest

• Area code 847

  In service since January 20, 1996. Shares its area with 224. Local calls are dialed with 1 plus ten digits.

• Area code 224

  In service since January 5, 2002. Shares its area with 847. Local calls are dialed with 1 plus ten digits.

Area codes here are matched from telephone rate centers, so a place near a boundary can have local numbers from either side of it.

Time zone

Lake Forest is in the Central Time zone.

Towns near Lake Forest

• Barrington2.2 km (1.4 mi)
• Fort Sheridan4.7 km (2.9 mi)
• Highwood4.7 km (2.9 mi)
• Lake Bluff5 km (3.1 mi)
• Bannockburn5.3 km (3.3 mi)
• Knollwood5.8 km (3.6 mi)
• Mettawa6.1 km (3.8 mi)
• Highland Park7.3 km (4.5 mi)