Defense Heights in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.9454, -76.9039
- Elevation
- 60 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 13 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Defense Heights, Maryland, United States
The page gives the present local time in Defense Heights, Maryland, United States, whose time zone is America/New_York (−5).
Defense Heights, United States
Monday, 9 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 6:45 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 5:00 PM Daylight 10 h 16 min Night 13 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:17 AM – 5:29 PM
Weather in Defense Heights right now
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Defense Heights and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20784 Hyattsville — 1.0 km away
- 20737 Riverdale — 1.9 km away
- 20710 Bladensburg — 2.0 km away
- 20781 Hyattsville — 2.7 km away
- 20785 Hyattsville — 3.6 km away
- 20722 Brentwood — 4.3 km away
- 20788 Hyattsville — 4.9 km away
- 20706 Lanham — 4.9 km away
- 20712 Mount Rainier — 5.3 km away
- 20782 Hyattsville — 5.7 km away
- 20740 College Park — 6.1 km away
- 20742 College Park — 6.1 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
- Wildercroft — 2.8 km
- Tuxedo — 3.0 km
- Tuxedo Colony — 3.7 km
- West Riverdale — 3.9 km
- Fort Lincoln New Town — 5.2 km
- Kenilworth — 5.4 km
Defense Heights: clock, sun and surroundings
Defense Heights is covered by 12 postal codes.
Clocks in Defense Heights are set by America/New_York and read UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
Today the sun comes up at 6:45 AM in Defense Heights and goes down at 5:00 PM. Daylight measures 10 h 16 min.
Nearby places like Wildercroft and Tuxedo are on Defense Heights time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for Defense Heights?
- Use America/New_York for Defense Heights; its offset is −5.
- Do clocks in Defense Heights shift for daylight saving time?
- No.
- What are the sunrise and sunset times in Defense Heights?
- Sunrise 6:45 AM, sunset 5:00 PM.