Lake Forest Park

Ideally set upon the northwest shores of Lake Washington, Lake Forest Park is a residential haven that blossomed in the late 20th century as a bedroom community for the metro, whether connecting to the city by State Route 522 or riding the Burke-Gilman Trail. Just four percent of the city’s land is zone commercially, mostly concentrated in one neighborhood. This community’s natural amenities are its calling card, and with five parks that embrace canopies of tall trees or the shoreline of Lake Washington, residents are never far from an escape among all that nature has to offer. About 12,500 residents call Lake Forest Park home.