Backwoods in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.1762, -82.1501
- Elevation
- 1088 m above sea level
- Region
- Tennessee
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 543 km away
What time is it in Backwoods, Tennessee, United States
Watch the current local time in Backwoods, Tennessee, United States, running on the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Backwoods, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Backwoods
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Backwoods, Tennessee.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:49 AM Solar noon 1:13 PM Sunset 6:37 PM Daylight 10 h 48 min Night 13 h 12 min Civil twilight 7:23 AM – 7:04 PM
Weather in Backwoods right now
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Backwoods and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 37687 Roan Mountain — 6.2 km away
- 37658 Hampton — 9.7 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 Tennessee
- Nashville 689 447
- New South Memphis 641 608
- Memphis 633 104
- Knoxville 190 740
- Chattanooga 181 099
- Clarksville 166 722
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Nearby places
About the time in Backwoods
Neighbouring Plato and Crabtree sit in the same time as Backwoods.
Backwoods is mapped by 2 postal codes.
Backwoods runs its day on America/New_York, which is offset UTC−4. Seasonal time adjustment: Yes.
Sunrise falls at 7:49 AM today in Backwoods, with the sun setting at 6:37 PM. That leaves 10 h 48 min of light.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is assigned to Backwoods?
- Backwoods is assigned to the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Are time changes for daylight saving made in Backwoods?
- Yes.
- Can you tell me the sunrise time in Backwoods?
- In Backwoods the sun rises at 7:49 AM.