Texas

Distance from College Station to New Braunfels

Straight-line distance

124.7mi

College Station, TX and New Braunfels, TX are 124.7 miles (200.7 km) apart in a straight line. From College Station, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (241°).

kilometers
200.7
nautical miles
108.4
heading from College Station
241° WSW
heading from New Braunfels
60° ENE
College StationNew Braunfels

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

How far College Station is from New Braunfels

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of College Station and New Braunfels is 124.7 miles, 200.7 km or 108.4 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 124.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
124.7
Kilometers
200.7
Nautical miles
108.4
Bearing from College Station
241.1° WSW
Bearing arriving at New Braunfels
240.2°
Bearing from New Braunfels
60.2° ENE

Halfway between College Station and New Braunfels

The great-circle midpoint is at 30.145384, -97.209833 (30°08'43.38"N 97°12'35.40"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Bastrop, TX, with 12,720 residents, 6.9 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 New Braunfels 14 h 03 min; on December 21, 10 h 10 min and 10 h 14 min. College Station is 0.89° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

College Station has 1.1 times the population of New Braunfels. From July 2020 to July 2024, College Station changed by +6.0% and New Braunfels by +27.0%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01College Station, TX128,023 (+6.0%)
  2. 02New Braunfels, TX116,477 (+27.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is College Station from New Braunfels?

124.7 miles, 200.7 km or 108.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is New Braunfels from College Station?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves College Station on a bearing of 241.1° and arrives at New Braunfels on 240.2°. The return trip starts on 60.2°.

What is halfway between College Station and New Braunfels?

The midpoint is at 30.145384, -97.209833. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Bastrop, TX, 6.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between College Station and New Braunfels?

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

Which is bigger, College Station or New Braunfels?

College Station, with 128,023 residents in July 2024 against 116,477 for New Braunfels, 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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