Oregon

Distance from Bend to Salem

Straight-line distance

103.6mi

Bend, OR and Salem, OR are 103.6 miles (166.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Bend, the shortest path starts out heading NW (306°).

kilometers
166.7
nautical miles
90.0
heading from Bend
306° NW
heading from Salem
125° SE
BendSalem

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

How far Bend is from Salem

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Bend and Salem is 103.6 miles, 166.7 km or 90.0 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 103.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
103.6
Kilometers
166.7
Nautical miles
90.0
Bearing from Bend
305.9° NW
Bearing arriving at Salem
304.7°
Bearing from Salem
124.7° SE

Halfway between Bend and Salem

The great-circle midpoint is at 44.493508, -122.159125 (44°29'36.63"N 122°09'32.85"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Mill City, OR, with 2,128 residents, 23.7 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, Bend gets 15 h 30 min of daylight and Salem 15 h 37 min; on December 21, 8 h 53 min and 8 h 47 min. Salem is 0.87° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Salem has 1.7 times the population of Bend. From July 2020 to July 2024, Bend changed by +7.3% and Salem by +2.5%. Both are in Oregon.

  1. 01Bend, OR106,926 (+7.3%)
  2. 02Salem, OR180,406 (+2.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Bend from Salem?

103.6 miles, 166.7 km or 90.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Salem from Bend?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Bend on a bearing of 305.9° and arrives at Salem on 304.7°. The return trip starts on 124.7°.

What is halfway between Bend and Salem?

The midpoint is at 44.493508, -122.159125. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Mill City, OR, 23.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Bend and Salem?

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

Which is bigger, Bend or Salem?

Salem, with 180,406 residents in July 2024 against 106,926 for Bend, 1.7 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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