The Highlands in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.7029, -76.5536
- Elevation
- 29 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 47 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in The Highlands, Maryland, United States
The current local time in The Highlands, Maryland, United States — time zone America/New_York (−5) — is shown right here.
The Highlands, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in The Highlands
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
The Highlands keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:42 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 5:01 PM Daylight 10 h 19 min Night 13 h 41 min Civil twilight 6:14 AM – 5:28 PM
Weather in The Highlands right now
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The Highlands and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20714 North Beach — 1.8 km away
- 20732 Chesapeake Beach — 3.9 km away
- 20758 Friendship — 4.5 km away
- 20736 Owings — 4.6 km away
- 20689 Sunderland — 6.3 km away
- 20779 Tracys Landing — 7.4 km away
- 20754 Dunkirk — 8.8 km away
- 20751 Deale — 8.9 km away
- 20639 Huntingtown — 11.1 km away
- 20733 Churchton — 11.3 km away
- 20711 Lothian — 14.6 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 The Highlands
- The Highlands Queensland, Australia
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- The Highlands California, 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
- Summit — 0.5 km
- Paris Poplars — 1.3 km
- West Beach — 1.9 km
- Paris Pines — 2.1 km
- Trails — 2.2 km
- Chesapeake Beach — 2.5 km
Time and daylight in The Highlands
The Highlands is served by a set of 11 postal codes.
The Highlands tells time by America/New_York, an offset of UTC−5. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
The sun rises here at 6:42 AM and sets at 5:01 PM in The Highlands today. Daylight adds up to 10 h 19 min.
Around The Highlands, places such as Summit and Paris Poplars use the same time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in The Highlands?
- The clock in The Highlands follows America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does The Highlands switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in The Highlands: No.
- When does the sun disappear in The Highlands?
- It disappears at 5:01 PM.