Back River in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.3007, -76.4933
- Elevation
- 3 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 65 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Back River, Maryland, United States
Read off the current local time in Back River, Maryland, United States, which belongs to the America/New_York zone (−5).
Back River, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Back River
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Back River, Maryland.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:42 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 5:00 PM Daylight 10 h 19 min Night 13 h 41 min Civil twilight 6:13 AM – 5:28 PM
Weather in Back River right now
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Back River and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21221 Essex — 3.6 km away
- 21222 Dundalk — 3.9 km away
- 21237 Rosedale — 4.0 km away
- 21206 Baltimore — 5.7 km away
- 21224 Baltimore — 5.7 km away
- 21205 Baltimore — 7.5 km away
- 21213 Baltimore — 7.7 km away
- 21220 Middle River — 8.0 km away
- 21214 Baltimore — 8.4 km away
- 21231 Baltimore — 8.4 km away
- 21287 Baltimore — 8.6 km away
- 21219 Sparrows Point — 8.9 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 Maryland
- Baltimore 585 708
- Columbia 99 615
- Germantown 86 395
- Silver Spring 71 452
- Frederick 69 479
- Waldorf 67 752
Other places named Back River
- Back River Virginia, United States
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
- Urbanwood — 2.4 km
- Van Dyke Manor — 5.4 km
- Victory Villa — 5.5 km
- Wampler Village — 6.3 km
- Turner — 6.5 km
- Pawner — 6.5 km
Local time details for Back River
The sun rises here at 6:42 AM and sets at 5:00 PM in Back River today. Daylight adds up to 10 h 19 min.
Urbanwood and Van Dyke Manor sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Back River.
The postal breakdown of Back River runs to 12 codes.
Back River follows America/New_York, giving it a UTC−5 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to Back River?
- The time zone that applies to Back River is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does Back River keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Back River: No.
- How do I know when the sun rises in Back River?
- Sunrise there is at 6:42 AM.