Gears Ferry in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.3892, -90.4651
- Elevation
- 185 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1196 km away
What time is it in Gears Ferry, Illinois, United States
This page shows the current local time in Gears Ferry, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Gears Ferry, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Gears Ferry
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Gears Ferry, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:35 AM Solar noon 12:47 PM Sunset 5:58 PM Daylight 10 h 23 min Night 13 h 37 min Civil twilight 7:06 AM – 6:27 PM
Weather in Gears Ferry right now
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Gears Ferry and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 61036 Galena — 4.9 km away
- 52071 Saint Donatus — 8.0 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Illinois
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Portage — 1.0 km
- Galena Junction — 2.5 km
- Galena — 4.3 km
- Bremen — 4.4 km
- Aiken — 5.8 km
- Wilkins — 6.6 km
Gears Ferry: clock, sun and surroundings
Addressing within Gears Ferry draws on 2 postal codes.
Gears Ferry carries the America/Chicago zone, offset UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is applied: Yes.
The sun rises at 7:35 AM, sets at 5:58 PM, and stays over Gears Ferry for 10 h 23 min. That is today's daylight.
The same local time applies in Gears Ferry, Portage and Galena Junction.
Questions and answers
- What is the local time zone in Gears Ferry?
- The local time zone in Gears Ferry is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Gears Ferry?
- Daylight saving time in Gears Ferry: Yes.
- When is the sun down in Gears Ferry?
- The sun goes down at 5:58 PM.