Best Time to Drive from Lake Forest to Hemet

Right now (3:20 pm PST): about 83 minutes via SR-241 North and SR-91 East, usually 93 at this time.

Only 19% of this drive is measured by working traffic sensors right now. The rest is estimated from nearby sensors, typical speeds and street traffic, so times can be off. Why so few sensors work.

Typical drive time by departure time

Minutes from Lake Forest to Hemet by day and time you leave (local time)
Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	79	84	80	82	83	87	84	84	84	87	96	97	95	87	85	82	80
Tue	80	83	81	82	82	84	83	84	84	88	98	103	103	91	85	84	80
Wed	80	85	81	81	82	83	83	83	84	89	95	102	104	90	85	84	81
Thu	80	82	81	81	83	83	84	84	86	92	102	105	103	92	86	83	80
Fri	80	83	81	82	83	83	84	90	97	104	112	110	103	95	88	84	80
Sat	79	80	80	80	81	84	89	89	89	91	93	91	88	86	85	83	80
Sun	80	80	80	80	80	81	83	83	82	82	83	83	82	82	81	82	80

About this drive

On weekdays the 70-mile drive from Lake Forest to Hemet (via SR-241 North and SR-91 East) usually takes as little as 79 minutes and up to 112 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 1:30 pm or after 7 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 87 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 1:30 pm on Saturdays (116 minutes).

About 36 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 34 miles surface streets (48 to 54 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Lake Forest to central Hemet along the route on the map. Starting or ending elsewhere in a big city can add or save several minutes.

Simulated from typical freeway speeds at each point of the drive for the time you would reach it, from every 5-minute reading we have recorded. We don't have sensors on surface streets yet, so the time on them is estimated from how congested the freeways around each end of the drive are at that time, in both directions: streets jam when the freeways do.

Questions

What is the best time to drive from Lake Forest to Hemet?

On weekdays, leave before 1:30 pm or after 7 pm. The drive usually takes about 79 minutes then, versus up to 112 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Lake Forest to Hemet?

The 70-mile drive usually takes 79 to 112 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 87 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Lake Forest to Hemet?

Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 112 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-241 North in Orange County (12 miles) · SR-91 East in Orange County (10 miles) · I-215 South in Inland Empire (7 miles) · I-15 South in Orange County (5 miles) · SR-133 North in Orange County (1.6 miles)

Orange County traffic right now · Orange County traffic tomorrow · Inland Empire traffic right now · Inland Empire traffic tomorrow

More drives

Hemet to Lake Forest (return trip) · Lake Forest to Los Angeles · Lake Forest to Moreno Valley · Lake Forest to Long Beach · Lake Forest to Anaheim · Lake Forest to Riverside · Lake Forest to Santa Ana · Lake Forest to Irvine · Lake Forest to San Bernardino · Lake Forest to Fontana · Lake Forest to Huntington Beach · Lake Forest to Glendale

Open the live traffic map →

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	79	84	80	82	83	87	84	84	84	87	96	97	95	87	85	82	80
Tue	80	83	81	82	82	84	83	84	84	88	98	103	103	91	85	84	80
Wed	80	85	81	81	82	83	83	83	84	89	95	102	104	90	85	84	81
Thu	80	82	81	81	83	83	84	84	86	92	102	105	103	92	86	83	80
Fri	80	83	81	82	83	83	84	90	97	104	112	110	103	95	88	84	80
Sat	79	80	80	80	81	84	89	89	89	91	93	91	88	86	85	83	80
Sun	80	80	80	80	80	81	83	83	82	82	83	83	82	82	81	82	80

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	79	84	80	82	83	87	84	84	84	87	96	97	95	87	85	82	80
Tue	80	83	81	82	82	84	83	84	84	88	98	103	103	91	85	84	80
Wed	80	85	81	81	82	83	83	83	84	89	95	102	104	90	85	84	81
Thu	80	82	81	81	83	83	84	84	86	92	102	105	103	92	86	83	80
Fri	80	83	81	82	83	83	84	90	97	104	112	110	103	95	88	84	80
Sat	79	80	80	80	81	84	89	89	89	91	93	91	88	86	85	83	80
Sun	80	80	80	80	80	81	83	83	82	82	83	83	82	82	81	82	80

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	79	84	80	82	83	87	84	84	84	87	96	97	95	87	85	82	80
Tue	80	83	81	82	82	84	83	84	84	88	98	103	103	91	85	84	80
Wed	80	85	81	81	82	83	83	83	84	89	95	102	104	90	85	84	81
Thu	80	82	81	81	83	83	84	84	86	92	102	105	103	92	86	83	80
Fri	80	83	81	82	83	83	84	90	97	104	112	110	103	95	88	84	80
Sat	79	80	80	80	81	84	89	89	89	91	93	91	88	86	85	83	80
Sun	80	80	80	80	80	81	83	83	82	82	83	83	82	82	81	82	80