Forest in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.1615, -77.0472
- Elevation
- 3 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 415 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Forest, North Carolina, United States
This page displays how late it is in Forest, North Carolina, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Forest, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Forest
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Forest, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:32 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 5:13 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 6:06 AM – 5:40 PM
Weather in Forest right now
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Forest and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24551
- 39074
- 45843
- 46039
- 71242
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 North Carolina
- Charlotte 911 311
- Raleigh 482 295
- West Raleigh 338 759
- Greensboro 285 342
- Durham 257 636
- Winston-Salem 241 218
Other places named Forest
- Forest Brussels Capital, Belgium
- Forest Virginia, United States
- Forest Mississippi, United States
- Forest Ontario, Canada
- Forest Ohio, 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
- Sandy Ridge Mobile Home Park — 1.1 km
- Woodrow — 3.9 km
- Rowes Corner — 4.0 km
- Dickerson — 4.1 km
- Gracie Farm Road Mobile Home Park — 4.8 km
- Bridgeton — 5.0 km
Local time details for Forest
The mail network in Forest covers 5 codes.
People in Forest keep America/New_York, a zone offset of UTC−5. Seasonal time change: No.
The sky over Forest lightens at 6:32 AM and the sun sets at 5:13 PM. Daylight runs for 10 h 41 min today.
Forest, Sandy Ridge Mobile Home Park and Woodrow all run on one and the same time.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Forest based on America/New_York?
- Yes, local time in Forest is based on America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Are seasonal time changes observed in Forest?
- No.
- When does the sun disappear in Forest?
- It disappears at 5:13 PM.