Forest in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.3638, -79.2897
- Elevation
- 269 m above sea level
- Population
- 9 106
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 260 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Forest, Virginia, United States
The time you see here is the local time in Forest, Virginia, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Forest, United States
Monday, 19 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Forest
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Forest.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:30 AM Solar noon 1:03 PM Sunset 6:36 PM Daylight 11 h 07 min Night 12 h 53 min Civil twilight 7:03 AM – 7:03 PM
Weather in Forest right now
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Forest and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24551
- 39074
- 45843
- 46039
- 71242
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 Virginia
- Virginia Beach 454 808
- Norfolk 238 005
- Chesapeake 235 429
- Richmond 226 610
- Arlington 207 627
- Newport News 186 247
Other places named Forest
- Forest Brussels Capital, Belgium
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- Forest Ontario, Canada
- Forest Ohio, United States
- Forest Tasmania, Australia
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
- Woodlands — 2.1 km
- Oakview — 2.4 km
- Homestead Haven — 2.8 km
- Forest Dale — 3.9 km
- Windcrest Manor — 4.4 km
- Clay — 4.4 km
Local time details for Forest
Both Woodlands and Oakview are near Forest and keep its time.
5 codes are used to address mail in Forest.
Forest sits in the America/New_York time zone, which runs at UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
The sun rises over Forest today at 7:30 AM and slips away at 6:36 PM. That leaves 11 h 07 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone information applies to Forest?
- The applicable time zone information is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does Forest keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Forest: Yes.
- When does light leave Forest?
- Light leaves at 6:36 PM.