Pennsylvania to New Jersey

Distance from Allentown to Newark

Straight-line distance

69.0mi

Allentown, PA and Newark, NJ are 69.0 miles (111.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Allentown, the shortest path starts out heading E (82°).

kilometers
111.1
nautical miles
60.0
heading from Allentown
82° E
heading from Newark
263° W
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Allentown is from Newark

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Allentown and Newark is 69.0 miles, 111.1 km or 60.0 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 69.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
69.0
Kilometers
111.1
Nautical miles
60.0
Bearing from Allentown
82.1° E
Bearing arriving at Newark
82.9°
Bearing from Newark
262.9° W

Halfway between Allentown and Newark

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.660739, -74.826139 (40°39'38.66"N 74°49'34.10"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lebanon, NJ, with 1,675 residents, 1.4 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Both use America/New_York, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Allentown gets 15 h 05 min of daylight and Newark 15 h 06 min; on December 21, 9 h 16 min and 9 h 15 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Newark has 2.5 times the population of Allentown. From July 2020 to July 2024, Allentown changed by +1.1% and Newark by +2.1%. The trip crosses from Pennsylvania into New Jersey.

  1. 01Allentown, PA127,138 (+1.1%)
  2. 02Newark, NJ317,303 (+2.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Allentown from Newark?

69.0 miles, 111.1 km or 60.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Newark from Allentown?

E. The great-circle path leaves Allentown on a bearing of 82.1° and arrives at Newark on 82.9°. The return trip starts on 262.9°.

What is halfway between Allentown and Newark?

The midpoint is at 40.660739, -74.826139. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lebanon, NJ, 1.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Allentown and Newark?

Both use America/New_York, so there is no time difference.

Which is bigger, Allentown or Newark?

Newark, with 317,303 residents in July 2024 against 127,138 for Allentown, 2.5 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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