Massachusetts

Distance from Brockton to Lowell

Straight-line distance

41.3mi

Brockton, MA and Lowell, MA are 41.3 miles (66.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Brockton, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (339°).

kilometers
66.5
nautical miles
35.9
heading from Brockton
339° NNW
heading from Lowell
158° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Brockton is from Lowell

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Brockton and Lowell is 41.3 miles, 66.5 km or 35.9 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 41.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
41.3
Kilometers
66.5
Nautical miles
35.9
Bearing from Brockton
338.6° NNW
Bearing arriving at Lowell
338.4°
Bearing from Lowell
158.4° SSE

Halfway between Brockton and Lowell

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.360845, -71.172144 (42°21'39.04"N 71°10'19.72"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Watertown, MA, with 35,985 residents, 0.7 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/New_York, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Brockton gets 15 h 15 min of daylight and Lowell 15 h 19 min; on December 21, 9 h 06 min and 9 h 03 min. Lowell is 0.56° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Lowell has 1.1 times the population of Brockton. From July 2020 to July 2024, Brockton changed by +0.3% and Lowell by +4.0%. Both are in Massachusetts.

  1. 01Brockton, MA105,788 (+0.3%)
  2. 02Lowell, MA120,418 (+4.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Brockton from Lowell?

41.3 miles, 66.5 km or 35.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Lowell from Brockton?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Brockton on a bearing of 338.6° and arrives at Lowell on 338.4°. The return trip starts on 158.4°.

What is halfway between Brockton and Lowell?

The midpoint is at 42.360845, -71.172144. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Watertown, MA, 0.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Brockton and Lowell?

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

Which is bigger, Brockton or Lowell?

Lowell, with 120,418 residents in July 2024 against 105,788 for Brockton, 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.

  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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