Ridgecrest in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.6207, -82.2826
- Elevation
- 772 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 590 km away
- Same name
- 20 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ridgecrest, North Carolina, United States
The current local time in Ridgecrest, North Carolina, United States — time zone America/New_York (−5) — is shown right here.
Ridgecrest, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Ridgecrest
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Ridgecrest keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:55 AM Solar noon 12:14 PM Sunset 5:33 PM Daylight 10 h 38 min Night 13 h 22 min Civil twilight 6:28 AM – 5:59 PM
Weather in Ridgecrest right now
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Ridgecrest and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 28770
- 93555
- 93556
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 Ridgecrest
- Ridgecrest California, United States
- Ridgecrest Florida, United States
- Ridgecrest Louisiana, United States
- Ridgecrest Washington, United States
- Ridgecrest Alabama, 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
- Montreat — 3.2 km
- Black Mountain — 3.5 km
- Coleman — 4.4 km
- Graphite — 5.2 km
- Dendron — 5.7 km
- Walkertown — 6.3 km
Time and daylight in Ridgecrest
3 postal codes have been allocated to Ridgecrest.
Ridgecrest adheres to America/New_York, a UTC−5 offset. Daylight saving time observed: No.
Sunrise comes to Ridgecrest at 6:55 AM and sunset at 5:33 PM today. Together that makes 10 h 38 min of light.
Nearby Montreat and Black Mountain need no separate clock from Ridgecrest.
Questions and answers
- Is America/New_York the time zone for Ridgecrest?
- Yes, America/New_York is the time zone for Ridgecrest, with an offset of −5.
- Is there a spring or autumn clock change in Ridgecrest?
- Daylight saving in Ridgecrest: No.
- When does the sun disappear in Ridgecrest?
- It disappears at 5:33 PM.