North Carolina

Distance from Charlotte to High Point

Straight-line distance

71.7mi

Charlotte, NC and High Point, NC are 71.7 miles (115.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Charlotte, the shortest path starts out heading NE (41°).

kilometers
115.3
nautical miles
62.3
heading from Charlotte
41° NE
heading from High Point
221° SW
CharlotteHigh Point

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

How far Charlotte is from High Point

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Charlotte and High Point is 71.7 miles, 115.3 km or 62.3 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 71.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
71.7
Kilometers
115.3
Nautical miles
62.3
Bearing from Charlotte
40.8° NE
Bearing arriving at High Point
41.3°
Bearing from High Point
221.3° SW

Halfway between Charlotte and High Point

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.600626, -80.413897 (35°36'2.25"N 80°24'50.03"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Granite Quarry, NC, with 3,107 residents, 2.1 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, Charlotte gets 14 h 32 min of daylight and High Point 14 h 36 min; on December 21, 9 h 47 min and 9 h 43 min. High Point is 0.78° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Charlotte has 8.0 times the population of High Point. From July 2020 to July 2024, Charlotte changed by +7.8% and High Point by +3.3%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Charlotte, NC943,476 (+7.8%)
  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 Charlotte from High Point?

71.7 miles, 115.3 km or 62.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is High Point from Charlotte?

NE. The great-circle path leaves Charlotte on a bearing of 40.8° and arrives at High Point on 41.3°. The return trip starts on 221.3°.

What is halfway between Charlotte and High Point?

The midpoint is at 35.600626, -80.413897. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Granite Quarry, NC, 2.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Charlotte and High Point?

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

Which is bigger, Charlotte or High Point?

Charlotte, with 943,476 residents in July 2024 against 118,601 for High Point, 8.0 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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