Forked Island in numbers
- Coordinates
- 29.8313, -92.3001
- Elevation
- 1 m above sea level
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1722 km away
What time is it in Forked Island, Louisiana, United States
The current local time in Forked Island, Louisiana, United States — time zone America/Chicago (−5) — is shown right here.
Forked Island, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Forked Island
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Forked Island keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:13 AM Solar noon 12:56 PM Sunset 6:39 PM Daylight 11 h 27 min Night 12 h 33 min Civil twilight 6:48 AM – 7:03 PM
Weather in Forked Island right now
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Forked Island and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 70510 Abbeville — 14.0 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 Louisiana
- New Orleans 362 701
- Baton Rouge 227 470
- Shreveport 187 593
- Metairie Terrace 142 489
- Metairie 138 481
- Lafayette 121 374
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
- Vermilion Parish — 2.5 km
- Theall — 9.5 km
- Esther — 12.1 km
- J and L Mobile Home Park — 13.0 km
- Mouton Cove — 13.1 km
- Intracoastal City — 14.8 km
Local time details for Forked Island
Forked Island falls within America/Chicago, which places it UTC−5 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Sunrise arrives in Forked Island at 7:13 AM today and the sun goes down at 6:39 PM. That gives the day 11 h 27 min of light.
Time in Forked Island applies without change in Vermilion Parish and Theall nearby.
Forked Island spans 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- Could you specify the time zone used in Forked Island?
- The time zone used in Forked Island is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Forked Island?
- Daylight saving in Forked Island: Yes.
- When does the sun appear in Forked Island?
- It appears at 7:13 AM.