Ohio to Michigan

Distance from Akron to Dearborn

Straight-line distance

121.9mi

Akron, OH and Dearborn, MI are 121.9 miles (196.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Akron, the shortest path starts out heading NW (315°).

kilometers
196.1
nautical miles
105.9
heading from Akron
315° NW
heading from Dearborn
134° SE
AkronDearborn

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Akron is from Dearborn

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Akron and Dearborn is 121.9 miles, 196.1 km or 105.9 nautical miles. That is the shortest path over the Earth's surface, computed with the haversine formula on a sphere with the mean Earth radius, 6,371.0 km. A course held on one compass bearing (a rhumb line) would be 121.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
121.9
Kilometers
196.1
Nautical miles
105.9
Bearing from Akron
314.9° NW
Bearing arriving at Dearborn
313.8°
Bearing from Dearborn
133.8° SE

Halfway between Akron and Dearborn

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.699895, -82.358351 (41°41'59.62"N 82°21'30.06"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Sheffield Lake, OH, with 9,035 residents, 19.9 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Akron uses America/New_York and Dearborn uses America/Detroit; Dearborn is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Akron gets 15 h 08 min of daylight and Dearborn 15 h 17 min; on December 21, 9 h 13 min and 9 h 05 min. Dearborn is 1.23° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Akron has 1.8 times the population of Dearborn. From July 2020 to July 2024, Akron changed by -0.3% and Dearborn by -2.9%. The trip crosses from Ohio into Michigan.

  1. 01Akron, OH189,664 (-0.3%)
  2. 02Dearborn, MI106,377 (-2.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Akron from Dearborn?

121.9 miles, 196.1 km or 105.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Dearborn from Akron?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Akron on a bearing of 314.9° and arrives at Dearborn on 313.8°. The return trip starts on 133.8°.

What is halfway between Akron and Dearborn?

The midpoint is at 41.699895, -82.358351. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Sheffield Lake, OH, 19.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Akron and Dearborn?

Akron uses America/New_York and Dearborn uses America/Detroit; Dearborn is the same clock time all year.

Which is bigger, Akron or Dearborn?

Akron, with 189,664 residents in July 2024 against 106,377 for Dearborn, 1.8 times as many.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and Vintage 2024 estimates; time zones from Open-Meteo.

  1. 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  2. 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  3. 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
  4. 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.