Defense Heights in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.2979, -76.5136
- Elevation
- 23 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 64 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Defense Heights, Maryland, United States
See what time it currently is in Defense Heights, Maryland, United States — the time zone there is America/New_York (−5).
Defense Heights, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Defense Heights
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Defense Heights keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:43 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 4:59 PM Daylight 10 h 16 min Night 13 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:15 AM – 5:27 PM
Weather in Defense Heights right now
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Defense Heights and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21224 Baltimore — 3.9 km away
- 21222 Dundalk — 4.0 km away
- 21237 Rosedale — 4.4 km away
- 21206 Baltimore — 4.9 km away
- 21221 Essex — 5.3 km away
- 21205 Baltimore — 5.7 km away
- 21213 Baltimore — 6.0 km away
- 21231 Baltimore — 6.6 km away
- 21287 Baltimore — 6.8 km away
- 21214 Baltimore — 7.4 km away
- 21202 Baltimore — 8.1 km away
- 21218 Baltimore — 8.5 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 Defense Heights
- Defense Heights Maryland, 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 — 4.0 km
- Van Dyke Manor — 5.0 km
- Turner — 5.9 km
- Victory Villa — 6.9 km
- Waltherson — 6.9 km
- Wampler Village — 7.9 km
About the time in Defense Heights
Today in Defense Heights the sun appears at 6:43 AM and sets again at 4:59 PM. Daylight holds for 10 h 16 min.
Urbanwood and Van Dyke Manor are near Defense Heights and do not differ from it in time.
Defense Heights has 12 postal codes in total.
The zone that governs Defense Heights is America/New_York at UTC−5. Whether the clocks move seasonally: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Defense Heights?
- America/New_York corresponds to Defense Heights and has an offset of −5.
- Does Defense Heights use summer time?
- No.
- Do you know the time of sunrise in Defense Heights?
- Yes, it is 6:43 AM.