The Forks in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.8233, -84.0874
- Elevation
- 275 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 626 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in The Forks, Kentucky, United States
Local time in The Forks, Kentucky, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/New_York time zone (−4).
The Forks, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in The Forks
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in The Forks, Kentucky.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:47 AM Solar noon 1:23 PM Sunset 6:59 PM Daylight 11 h 13 min Night 12 h 47 min Civil twilight 7:20 AM – 7:26 PM
Weather in The Forks right now
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The Forks and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 40385 Waco — 10.3 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 Kentucky
- Louisville 624 444
- Lexington 320 347
- Lexington-Fayette 314 488
- Meads 288 649
- Bowling Green 63 616
- Owensboro 59 042
Other places named The Forks
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Palmer — 2.2 km
- Iron Mound — 3.9 km
- Cressy — 4.1 km
- Vianna — 4.5 km
- Mina — 4.7 km
- College Hill — 5.1 km
The Forks: clock, sun and surroundings
Morning light reaches The Forks at 7:47 AM, and the sun sets at 6:59 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 11 h 13 min.
Nearby, Palmer and Iron Mound go by the same clock as The Forks.
The Forks takes in 1 postal code.
Clocks in The Forks follow America/New_York, an offset of UTC−4 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does The Forks observe?
- The Forks observes America/New_York, whose offset is −4.
- Does The Forks have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in The Forks: Yes.
- How do I know when the sun sets in The Forks?
- Sunset there is at 6:59 PM.