Cooktown in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.3398, -85.1241
- Elevation
- 555 m above sea level
- Region
- Tennessee
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 767 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cooktown, Tennessee, United States
The time in Cooktown, Tennessee, United States at this very moment is shown below, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Cooktown, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Cooktown
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Cooktown.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:08 AM Solar noon 11:25 AM Sunset 4:43 PM Daylight 10 h 35 min Night 13 h 25 min Civil twilight 5:41 AM – 5:10 PM
Weather in Cooktown right now
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Cooktown and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 38543 Alpine — 5.2 km away
- 38589 Wilder — 7.0 km away
- 38542 Allred — 7.3 km away
- 38554 Crawford — 12.2 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
Other places named Cooktown
- Cooktown Queensland, Australia
- Cooktown Georgia, United States
- Cooktown Georgia, United States
- Cooktown Kentucky, United States
- Cooktown Louisiana, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Cravenstown — 3.9 km
- Poteet (historical) — 5.7 km
- Shiloh — 5.8 km
- Allred — 6.0 km
- Twinton — 6.2 km
- Pines (historical) — 6.6 km
Cooktown: clock, sun and surroundings
The zone in force in Cooktown is America/Chicago, with an offset of UTC−6. Seasonal change: No.
The sun rises over Cooktown today at 6:08 AM and slips away at 4:43 PM. That leaves 10 h 35 min of daylight.
Near Cooktown you can add Cravenstown and Poteet (historical), both on the same time.
The number of postal codes covering Cooktown is 4.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Cooktown follow?
- Cooktown follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does Cooktown adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- No.
- Can you tell me the sunset time in Cooktown?
- In Cooktown the sun sets at 4:43 PM.