Texas

Distance from College Station to Conroe

Straight-line distance

51.5mi

College Station, TX and Conroe, TX are 51.5 miles (82.9 km) apart in a straight line. From College Station, the shortest path starts out heading ESE (110°).

kilometers
82.9
nautical miles
44.7
heading from College Station
110° ESE
heading from Conroe
290° WNW
College StationConroe

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

How far College Station is from Conroe

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of College Station and Conroe is 51.5 miles, 82.9 km or 44.7 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 51.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
51.5
Kilometers
82.9
Nautical miles
44.7
Bearing from College Station
109.9° ESE
Bearing arriving at Conroe
110.3°
Bearing from Conroe
290.3° WNW

Halfway between College Station and Conroe

The great-circle midpoint is at 30.457578, -95.889966 (30°27'27.28"N 95°53'23.88"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Montgomery, TX, with 2,860 residents, 12.3 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, College Station gets 14 h 08 min of daylight and Conroe 14 h 06 min; on December 21, 10 h 10 min and 10 h 11 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

College Station has 1.1 times the population of Conroe. From July 2020 to July 2024, College Station changed by +6.0% and Conroe by +25.6%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01College Station, TX128,023 (+6.0%)
  2. 02Conroe, TX114,581 (+25.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is College Station from Conroe?

51.5 miles, 82.9 km or 44.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Conroe from College Station?

ESE. The great-circle path leaves College Station on a bearing of 109.9° and arrives at Conroe on 110.3°. The return trip starts on 290.3°.

What is halfway between College Station and Conroe?

The midpoint is at 30.457578, -95.889966. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Montgomery, TX, 12.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between College Station and Conroe?

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

Which is bigger, College Station or Conroe?

College Station, with 128,023 residents in July 2024 against 114,581 for Conroe, 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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