Oregon to Idaho
Distance from Bend to Nampa
Straight-line distance
238.7mi
Bend, OR and Nampa, ID are 238.7 miles (384.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Bend, the shortest path starts out heading E (96°).
- kilometers
- 384.2
- nautical miles
- 207.5
- heading from Bend
- 96° E
- heading from Nampa
- 279° W
Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders
How far Bend is from Nampa
The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Bend and Nampa is 238.7 miles, 384.2 km or 207.5 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 238.8 miles, 54 meters longer.
Measurements
- Miles
- 238.7
- Kilometers
- 384.2
- Nautical miles
- 207.5
- Bearing from Bend
- 96.2° E
- Bearing arriving at Nampa
- 99.5°
- Bearing from Nampa
- 279.5° W
Halfway between Bend and Nampa
The great-circle midpoint is at 43.845397, -118.926072 (43°50'43.43"N 118°55'33.86"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Burns, OR, with 2,689 residents, 19.0 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.
Time zones and daylight
Bend uses America/Los_Angeles and Nampa uses America/Boise; Nampa is 1 hour ahead all year. On June 21, Bend gets 15 h 30 min of daylight and Nampa 15 h 26 min; on December 21, 8 h 53 min and 8 h 56 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.
Population compared
Nampa has 1.1 times the population of Bend. From July 2020 to July 2024, Bend changed by +7.3% and Nampa by +15.7%. The trip crosses from Oregon into Idaho.
Questions people ask
How far is Bend from Nampa?
238.7 miles, 384.2 km or 207.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.
Which direction is Nampa from Bend?
E. The great-circle path leaves Bend on a bearing of 96.2° and arrives at Nampa on 99.5°. The return trip starts on 279.5°.
What is halfway between Bend and Nampa?
The midpoint is at 43.845397, -118.926072. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Burns, OR, 19.0 miles from it.
Is there a time difference between Bend and Nampa?
Bend uses America/Los_Angeles and Nampa uses America/Boise; Nampa is 1 hour ahead all year.
Which is bigger, Bend or Nampa?
Nampa, with 117,350 residents in July 2024 against 106,926 for Bend, 1.1 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.
- 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
- 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.