The Highlands in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.6865, -75.7911
- Elevation
- 69 m above sea level
- Region
- Maryland
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 139 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in The Highlands, Maryland, United States
The reading below is the local time in The Highlands, Maryland, United States, taken from the America/New_York zone (−5).
The Highlands, United States
Monday, 9 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 11:48 AM Sunset 4:55 PM Daylight 10 h 13 min Night 13 h 47 min Civil twilight 6:13 AM – 5:23 PM
Weather in The Highlands right now
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The Highlands and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 19716 Newark — 2.8 km away
- 19717 Newark — 3.6 km away
- 19360 New London — 4.4 km away
- 21920 Elk Mills — 4.5 km away
- 19711 Newark — 4.9 km away
- 19713 Newark — 6.8 km away
- 19347 Kemblesville — 7.5 km away
- 21921 Elkton — 8.2 km away
- 21916 Childs — 8.2 km away
- 19351 Lewisville — 8.2 km away
- 19350 Landenberg — 9.3 km away
- 21922 Elkton — 9.6 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
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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
- West Creek Village — 3.0 km
- Amaranth — 3.1 km
- Winding Brook Village — 3.3 km
- Thabar — 3.5 km
- Robscott Manor — 5.0 km
- Wilson — 5.4 km
Local time details for The Highlands
12 postal codes have been allocated to The Highlands.
The zone name for The Highlands is America/New_York and the offset is UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
Today The Highlands sees sunrise at 6:42 AM, sunset at 4:55 PM. Daylight comes out to 10 h 13 min.
The same hours are kept in The Highlands and in nearby West Creek Village and Amaranth.
Questions and answers
- Could you specify the time zone used in The Highlands?
- The time zone used in The Highlands is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Does The Highlands go on summer time?
- Daylight saving in The Highlands: No.
- What is the local sunrise time in The Highlands?
- Local sunrise is 6:42 AM.