Portola Hills, California
Portola Hills is a district in the city of Lake Forest, California in Orange County, United States. It was formerly an unincorporated community and census-designated place before it was annexed into Lake Forest in 2000. The population was 6,391 at the 2000 census. Portola Hills lies near Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park and Cleveland National Forest. Foothill Ranch is to the west, Rancho Santa Margarita in the southeast, Mission Viejo in the south, and the unincorporated regions of Silverado and Santiago Canyon to the north and northeast.
Portola Hills is named after Gaspar de Portolá, first Governor of the Californias.
Entrance to Portola Hills
Lake Forest is a city in Orange County, California, United States. The population was 85,858 at the 2020 census.
Aerial view showing portion of Lake Forest to the left
Lake Forest's origins lie in Rancho Cañada de los Alisos, granted in 1842 to José Antonio Serrano. By 1863, the community that grew up in Serrano's rancho came to be known as El Toro.
Former Lake Forest City Hall