Elk Rapids in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.8956, -85.4165
- Elevation
- 182 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 615
- Region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 961 km away
What time is it in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States
On this page the local time of Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States is updated live, in the America/Detroit zone (−4).
Elk Rapids, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/Detroit
Local time in Elk Rapids
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Elk Rapids.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:15 AM Solar noon 1:27 PM Sunset 6:38 PM Daylight 10 h 22 min Night 13 h 38 min Civil twilight 7:45 AM – 7:08 PM
Weather in Elk Rapids right now
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Elk Rapids and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 49629
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 Michigan
- Detroit 645 705
- Grand Rapids 195 097
- Warren 134 056
- Sterling Heights 132 052
- Ann Arbor 117 070
- Lansing 112 644
Same time zone — America/Detroit
- Detroit United States
Nearby places
- Kewadin — 5.0 km
- Angel — 7.0 km
- Mapleton — 7.1 km
- Yuba — 8.7 km
- Torch River — 8.8 km
- Old Mission — 9.2 km
About the time in Elk Rapids
Local clocks in Elk Rapids answer to America/Detroit, set UTC−4 from UTC. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Today the day starts in Elk Rapids at 8:15 AM with sunrise and ends at 6:38 PM with sunset. Daylight lasts 10 h 22 min.
Around Elk Rapids, places such as Kewadin and Angel use the same time.
1 postal code covers the territory of Elk Rapids.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in Elk Rapids?
- Local time in Elk Rapids is determined by America/Detroit, with an offset of −4.
- Does daylight saving time reach Elk Rapids?
- Daylight saving time in Elk Rapids: Yes.
- Tell me the sunrise hour in Elk Rapids.
- The sunrise hour is 8:15 AM.