California

Distance from Anaheim to Garden Grove

Straight-line distance

12.7mi

Anaheim, CA and Garden Grove, CA are 12.7 miles (20.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Anaheim, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (245°).

kilometers
20.5
nautical miles
11.1
heading from Anaheim
245° WSW
heading from Garden Grove
65° ENE
AnaheimGarden Grove

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

How far Anaheim is from Garden Grove

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Anaheim and Garden Grove is 12.7 miles, 20.5 km or 11.1 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 12.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
12.7
Kilometers
20.5
Nautical miles
11.1
Bearing from Anaheim
245.5° WSW
Bearing arriving at Garden Grove
245.4°
Bearing from Garden Grove
65.4° ENE

Halfway between Anaheim and Garden Grove

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.817191, -117.859645 (33°49'1.89"N 117°51'34.72"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Orange, CA, with 137,941 residents, 2.1 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/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Anaheim gets 14 h 25 min of daylight and Garden Grove 14 h 24 min; on December 21, 9 h 54 min and 9 h 54 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Anaheim has 2.0 times the population of Garden Grove. From July 2020 to July 2024, Anaheim changed by -0.6% and Garden Grove by +0.3%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Anaheim, CA344,561 (-0.6%)
  2. 02Garden Grove, CA172,361 (+0.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Anaheim from Garden Grove?

12.7 miles, 20.5 km or 11.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Garden Grove from Anaheim?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Anaheim on a bearing of 245.5° and arrives at Garden Grove on 245.4°. The return trip starts on 65.4°.

What is halfway between Anaheim and Garden Grove?

The midpoint is at 33.817191, -117.859645. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Orange, CA, 2.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Anaheim and Garden Grove?

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

Which is bigger, Anaheim or Garden Grove?

Anaheim, with 344,561 residents in July 2024 against 172,361 for Garden Grove, 2.0 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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