Best Time to Drive from Lake Forest to Hesperia

Right now (3:20 pm PST): about 79 minutes via I-15 North, usually 81 at this time.

Only 26% 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 Hesperia 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	75	76	80	79	81	82	82	85	87	89	97	106	100	92	85	80	76
Tue	75	77	81	81	81	82	83	83	86	89	98	101	98	88	83	80	76
Wed	75	77	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	89	95	101	97	89	83	80	76
Thu	75	77	80	80	80	81	82	84	85	92	100	107	104	98	91	82	75
Fri	75	76	77	79	81	82	83	86	92	108	118	120	112	106	95	87	77
Sat	75	75	76	76	77	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	78	75
Sun	75	75	75	75	76	78	78	79	78	77	78	78	77	77	77	77	75

About this drive

On weekdays the 79-mile drive from Lake Forest to Hesperia (via I-15 North) usually takes as little as 75 minutes and up to 120 minutes, when leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 10:30 am or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 86 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Saturdays (81 minutes).

About 65 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 14 miles surface streets (15 to 24 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 Hesperia 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 Hesperia?

On weekdays, leave before 10:30 am or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 75 minutes then, versus up to 120 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 79-mile drive usually takes 75 to 120 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 86 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Lake Forest to Hesperia?

Leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 120 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-15 North in Inland Empire (32 miles) · SR-241 North in Orange County (12 miles) · SR-91 East in Orange County (11 miles) · I-15 North in Orange County (5 miles) · SR-133 North in Orange County (1.6 miles)

Orange County traffic right now · Orange County traffic tomorrow

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	75	76	80	79	81	82	82	85	87	89	97	106	100	92	85	80	76
Tue	75	77	81	81	81	82	83	83	86	89	98	101	98	88	83	80	76
Wed	75	77	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	89	95	101	97	89	83	80	76
Thu	75	77	80	80	80	81	82	84	85	92	100	107	104	98	91	82	75
Fri	75	76	77	79	81	82	83	86	92	108	118	120	112	106	95	87	77
Sat	75	75	76	76	77	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	78	75
Sun	75	75	75	75	76	78	78	79	78	77	78	78	77	77	77	77	75

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	75	76	80	79	81	82	82	85	87	89	97	106	100	92	85	80	76
Tue	75	77	81	81	81	82	83	83	86	89	98	101	98	88	83	80	76
Wed	75	77	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	89	95	101	97	89	83	80	76
Thu	75	77	80	80	80	81	82	84	85	92	100	107	104	98	91	82	75
Fri	75	76	77	79	81	82	83	86	92	108	118	120	112	106	95	87	77
Sat	75	75	76	76	77	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	78	75
Sun	75	75	75	75	76	78	78	79	78	77	78	78	77	77	77	77	75

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	75	76	80	79	81	82	82	85	87	89	97	106	100	92	85	80	76
Tue	75	77	81	81	81	82	83	83	86	89	98	101	98	88	83	80	76
Wed	75	77	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	89	95	101	97	89	83	80	76
Thu	75	77	80	80	80	81	82	84	85	92	100	107	104	98	91	82	75
Fri	75	76	77	79	81	82	83	86	92	108	118	120	112	106	95	87	77
Sat	75	75	76	76	77	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	78	75
Sun	75	75	75	75	76	78	78	79	78	77	78	78	77	77	77	77	75