Toluca Lake is a district, 12 miles (19 km) north of downtown Los Angeles, in the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California, and a "community within two communities, North Hollywood and Burbank".
Toluca Lake started out as Forman Toluca Ranch, a ranch known for its crops of peaches, apples and walnuts, but after development is currently home to affluent residents, many of whom work as part of nearby Hollywood's film industry.
Toluca Lake is situated in the southeastern San Fernando Valley straddling the city of Burbank, the Los Angeles district of North Hollywood, and near the unincorporated county area of Universal City, at the northern base of the Hollywood Hills section of the Santa Monica Mountains.