Ohio to Michigan

Distance from Akron to Sterling Heights

Straight-line distance

129.6mi

Akron, OH and Sterling Heights, MI are 129.6 miles (208.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Akron, the shortest path starts out heading NW (324°).

kilometers
208.5
nautical miles
112.6
heading from Akron
324° NW
heading from Sterling Heights
143° SE
AkronSterling Heights

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

How far Akron is from Sterling Heights

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Akron and Sterling Heights is 129.6 miles, 208.5 km or 112.6 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 129.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
129.6
Kilometers
208.5
Nautical miles
112.6
Bearing from Akron
323.7° NW
Bearing arriving at Sterling Heights
322.7°
Bearing from Sterling Heights
142.7° SE

Halfway between Akron and Sterling Heights

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.833318, -82.267005 (41°49'59.95"N 82°16'1.22"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Sheffield Lake, OH, with 9,035 residents, 25.4 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 Sterling Heights uses America/Detroit; Sterling Heights is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Akron gets 15 h 08 min of daylight and Sterling Heights 15 h 19 min; on December 21, 9 h 13 min and 9 h 03 min. Sterling Heights is 1.50° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Akron has 1.4 times the population of Sterling Heights. From July 2020 to July 2024, Akron changed by -0.3% and Sterling Heights by +0.2%. The trip crosses from Ohio into Michigan.

  1. 01Akron, OH189,664 (-0.3%)
  2. 02Sterling Heights, MI134,342 (+0.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Akron from Sterling Heights?

129.6 miles, 208.5 km or 112.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sterling Heights from Akron?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Akron on a bearing of 323.7° and arrives at Sterling Heights on 322.7°. The return trip starts on 142.7°.

What is halfway between Akron and Sterling Heights?

The midpoint is at 41.833318, -82.267005. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Sheffield Lake, OH, 25.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Akron and Sterling Heights?

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

Which is bigger, Akron or Sterling Heights?

Akron, with 189,664 residents in July 2024 against 134,342 for Sterling Heights, 1.4 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)

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