North Carolina

Distance from Cary to High Point

Straight-line distance

67.0mi

Cary, NC and High Point, NC are 67.0 miles (107.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Cary, the shortest path starts out heading WNW (283°).

kilometers
107.9
nautical miles
58.3
heading from Cary
283° WNW
heading from High Point
102° ESE
CaryHigh Point

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

How far Cary is from High Point

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Cary and High Point is 67.0 miles, 107.9 km or 58.3 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 67.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
67.0
Kilometers
107.9
Nautical miles
58.3
Bearing from Cary
282.8° WNW
Bearing arriving at High Point
282.1°
Bearing from High Point
102.1° ESE

Halfway between Cary and High Point

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.887467, -79.407277 (35°53'14.88"N 79°24'26.20"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Liberty, NC, with 2,715 residents, 9.3 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, Cary gets 14 h 35 min of daylight and High Point 14 h 36 min; on December 21, 9 h 44 min and 9 h 43 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Cary has 1.5 times the population of High Point. From July 2020 to July 2024, Cary changed by +4.5% and High Point by +3.3%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Cary, NC182,659 (+4.5%)
  2. 02High Point, NC118,601 (+3.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Cary from High Point?

67.0 miles, 107.9 km or 58.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is High Point from Cary?

WNW. The great-circle path leaves Cary on a bearing of 282.8° and arrives at High Point on 282.1°. The return trip starts on 102.1°.

What is halfway between Cary and High Point?

The midpoint is at 35.887467, -79.407277. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Liberty, NC, 9.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Cary and High Point?

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

Which is bigger, Cary or High Point?

Cary, with 182,659 residents in July 2024 against 118,601 for High Point, 1.5 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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