Oregon to Washington

Distance from Bend to Vancouver

Straight-line distance

126.1mi

Bend, OR and Vancouver, WA are 126.1 miles (203.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Bend, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (330°).

kilometers
203.0
nautical miles
109.6
heading from Bend
330° NNW
heading from Vancouver
150° SSE
BendVancouver

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

How far Bend is from Vancouver

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Bend and Vancouver is 126.1 miles, 203.0 km or 109.6 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 126.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
126.1
Kilometers
203.0
Nautical miles
109.6
Bearing from Bend
330.4° NNW
Bearing arriving at Vancouver
329.5°
Bearing from Vancouver
149.5° SSE

Halfway between Bend and Vancouver

The great-circle midpoint is at 44.848761, -121.943460 (44°50'55.54"N 121°56'36.46"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Mill City, OR, with 2,128 residents, 27.0 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 Vancouver 15 h 42 min; on December 21, 8 h 53 min and 8 h 41 min. Vancouver is 1.58° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Vancouver has 1.9 times the population of Bend. From July 2020 to July 2024, Bend changed by +7.3% and Vancouver by +4.0%. The trip crosses from Oregon into Washington.

  1. 01Bend, OR106,926 (+7.3%)
  2. 02Vancouver, WA198,992 (+4.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Bend from Vancouver?

126.1 miles, 203.0 km or 109.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Vancouver from Bend?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Bend on a bearing of 330.4° and arrives at Vancouver on 329.5°. The return trip starts on 149.5°.

What is halfway between Bend and Vancouver?

The midpoint is at 44.848761, -121.943460. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Mill City, OR, 27.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Bend and Vancouver?

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

Which is bigger, Bend or Vancouver?

Vancouver, with 198,992 residents in July 2024 against 106,926 for Bend, 1.9 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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