Crooked Island and Long Cay, Bahamas
Crooked Island and Long Cay observes Bahamian Eastern Time. The clock supplies the current local hour, while the sunrise figure offers a dated reference for this southeastern island district.
Colonel Hill, Bahamas
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/Nassau
Time and sun data for Colonel Hill — the largest city of Crooked Island and Long Cay
The sun in Colonel Hill
Sunrise 6:54 AM Solar noon 12:44 PM Sunset 6:33 PM Daylight 11 h 38 min Night 12 h 22 min Civil twilight 6:32 AM – 6:55 PM
Bahamas · 13 cities
Largest cities
- Colonel Hill 240
All cities
- Browns
- Cabbage Hill
- Church Grove
- Colonel Hill
- Cripple Hill
- Crooked Island And Long Cay District
- Fairfield
- French Wells
- Landrail Point
- Majors
- Moss Town
- Richmond
- Seaview Settlement
Current time in Crooked Island and Long Cay, Bahamas
The district follows Eastern Standard Time during standard time and Eastern Daylight Time during the daylight-saving part of the year. Its local time remains aligned with the national Bahamian system.
Seasonal changes make the live display preferable to a memorized UTC offset. This is also important when comparing the district with a place whose government uses different clock rules. Give the island name alongside the appointment time.
Confirm which day applies when communicating across time zones. Inspect the EST or EDT abbreviation before converting. Reconfirm connections where one delay affects the next leg. There is only one district clock, which is fortunate because the water between appointments is difficult to hurry.
Colonel Hill, Landrail Point, and Long Cay
Colonel Hill is an important settlement and administrative reference on Crooked Island. Landrail Point is another established community name. Long Cay has its own historic settlement, commonly identified as Albert Town, although the cay and Crooked Island are grouped in the district name.
These are not large cities in the everyday metropolitan sense. A website’s “largest cities” section is better understood as a list of the district’s principal populated places. The exact ordering may depend on how a geographic dataset defines and groups settlements.
The communities share one civil time, but they are physically separate locations. Anyone arranging transport should name the island, settlement, landing point, and local time rather than relying on the district title alone.
Sunrise across separate islands
A district-wide sunrise display uses one reference coordinate. The calculated moment for Crooked Island will not necessarily match Long Cay to the minute because the two locations occupy different positions.
The practical appearance of sunrise depends on the observer’s horizon and atmospheric conditions. A clear eastern shoreline can reveal the Sun close to the calculated event, whereas cloud or intervening land can delay its visibility.
Choose Crooked Island or Long Cay explicitly. Set the correct date for the journey. Read the result as local Bahamian time. Check weather and transport information independently. Daylight begins before the listed sunrise, but that fact alone does not establish safe conditions. Marine travel, aviation, and other regulated activities require the relevant operational guidance in addition to astronomical times.
Questions and answers
- Do Crooked Island and Long Cay share a time zone?
- Yes. Both use the Eastern Time observed throughout The Bahamas.
- Which settlements identify the district?
- Colonel Hill and Landrail Point are Crooked Island references, while Albert Town is associated with Long Cay.
- Should I use the district sunrise for a precise departure?
- Use the exact island coordinates and combine the result with current weather and official transport information.