Lake Placid in numbers
- Coordinates
- 44.2796, -73.9820
- Elevation
- 549 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 465
- Region
- New York
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 650 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lake Placid, New York, United States
See what time it currently is in Lake Placid, New York, United States — the time zone there is America/New_York (−4).
Lake Placid, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Lake Placid
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Lake Placid.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:13 AM Solar noon 12:42 PM Sunset 6:12 PM Daylight 10 h 59 min Night 13 h 01 min Civil twilight 6:44 AM – 6:41 PM
Weather in Lake Placid right now
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Lake Placid and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12946
- 33852
- 33862
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 New York
- New York City 8 804 190
- Brooklyn 2 736 074
- Queens 2 316 841
- Manhattan 1 487 536
- The Bronx 1 385 108
- Staten Island 468 730
Other places named Lake Placid
- Lake Placid Florida, United States
- Lake Placid Queensland, Australia
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
- Cascade Acres Mobile Home Park — 1.3 km
- Whiteface — 3.9 km
- North Elba — 4.6 km
- Undercliff — 6.7 km
- Averyville — 6.8 km
- Whiteface Landing — 7.2 km
About the time in Lake Placid
The full list of postal codes for Lake Placid runs to 3.
The zone applied in Lake Placid is America/New_York with offset UTC−4. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Lake Placid has sunrise at 7:13 AM today and sunset at 6:12 PM. Light holds for 10 h 59 min.
Set your clock for Lake Placid and it will also be right in Cascade Acres Mobile Home Park and Whiteface.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Lake Placid?
- Time in Lake Placid follows the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Does Lake Placid observe daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- What time is first light in Lake Placid?
- The sun rises at 7:13 AM.