Gold Sand in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.1926, -78.1736
- Elevation
- 115 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 317 km away
What time is it in Gold Sand, North Carolina, United States
Local time in Gold Sand, North Carolina, United States is shown on this page, based on the America/New_York time zone (−5).
Gold Sand, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Gold Sand
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Gold Sand.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:44 AM Solar noon 11:58 AM Sunset 5:12 PM Daylight 10 h 28 min Night 13 h 32 min Civil twilight 6:17 AM – 5:39 PM
Weather in Gold Sand right now
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Gold Sand and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 27816 Castalia — 14.7 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
- Gupton — 1.3 km
- Laurel — 2.0 km
- Schlosstown (historical) — 4.9 km
- Oswego — 5.2 km
- Alert — 6.1 km
- Centerville — 6.1 km
Gold Sand: clock, sun and surroundings
Close by, Gupton and Laurel keep time with Gold Sand.
Gold Sand is served by a set of 1 postal code.
Gold Sand observes America/New_York time, currently expressed as UTC−5. Daylight saving time here: No.
Sunrise arrives in Gold Sand at 6:44 AM today and the sun goes down at 5:12 PM. That gives the day 10 h 28 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Should America/New_York be used as the time zone for Gold Sand?
- Yes, Gold Sand uses America/New_York, whose offset is −5.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Gold Sand?
- Daylight saving time in Gold Sand: No.
- I need the sunrise and sunset times for Gold Sand.
- They are 6:44 AM and 5:12 PM.