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Welcome to Lake Front Royal ...

Lake Front Royal is located in Warren County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Lake Front Royal: Lk. Front Royal

Lake Front Royal is 1,270 feet [387 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lake Front Royal lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Lake Front Royal: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Lake Front Royal ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lake Front Royal.

  • Petersburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Front Royal
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Strasburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodstock
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Stephens City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Middletown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Boyce
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Toms Brook
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Washington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Viscose City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Viscose City is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lake Front Royal. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lake Front Royal.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lake Front Royal. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Front Royal.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Front Royal. See our Newspapers Page for Lake Front Royal.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lake Front Royal ...

Looking for more information about Lake Front Royal? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lake Front Royal, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lake Front Royal.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Warren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lake Front Royal - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Lake Front Royal area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Lake Front Royal area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.