Gilkey in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.4426, -81.9779
- Elevation
- 331 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 582 km away
What time is it in Gilkey, North Carolina, United States
See the local time in Gilkey, North Carolina, United States right now, measured in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Gilkey, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Gilkey
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Gilkey.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:36 AM Solar noon 1:14 PM Sunset 6:53 PM Daylight 11 h 17 min Night 12 h 43 min Civil twilight 7:10 AM – 7:19 PM
Weather in Gilkey right now
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Gilkey and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28167 Union Mills — 3.5 km away
- 28139 Rutherfordton — 8.0 km away
- 28160 Spindale — 10.3 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 North Carolina
- Charlotte 911 311
- Raleigh 482 295
- West Raleigh 338 759
- Greensboro 285 342
- Durham 257 636
- Winston-Salem 241 218
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
- Cuba (historical) — 4.3 km
- Union Mills — 5.2 km
- Tate (historical) — 5.5 km
- Thermal Valley — 6.2 km
- Rutherford County — 6.9 km
- Green Hill — 7.0 km
Local time details for Gilkey
The sun breaks the horizon at Gilkey at 7:36 AM and leaves it at 6:53 PM. Daylight comes to 11 h 17 min.
Look nearby and you will see Cuba (historical) and Union Mills on the same clock as Gilkey.
Postal areas within Gilkey come to 3.
Gilkey runs its day on America/New_York, which is offset UTC−4. Seasonal time adjustment: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Gilkey based on?
- The clock in Gilkey is based on America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does daylight saving time apply in Gilkey?
- Yes.
- Which time marks sunrise in Gilkey?
- 7:36 AM marks sunrise.