North Carolina

Distance from Concord to High Point

Straight-line distance

54.9mi

Concord, NC and High Point, NC are 54.9 miles (88.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Concord, the shortest path starts out heading NE (41°).

kilometers
88.3
nautical miles
47.7
heading from Concord
41° NE
heading from High Point
221° SW
ConcordHigh Point

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

How far Concord is from High Point

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Concord and High Point is 54.9 miles, 88.3 km or 47.7 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 54.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
54.9
Kilometers
88.3
Nautical miles
47.7
Bearing from Concord
40.9° NE
Bearing arriving at High Point
41.3°
Bearing from High Point
221.3° SW

Halfway between Concord and High Point

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.691877, -80.315306 (35°41'30.76"N 80°18'55.10"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Spencer, NC, with 3,406 residents, 6.0 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, Concord gets 14 h 33 min of daylight and High Point 14 h 36 min; on December 21, 9 h 46 min and 9 h 43 min. High Point is 0.60° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

High Point has 1.1 times the population of Concord. From July 2020 to July 2024, Concord changed by +7.1% and High Point by +3.3%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Concord, NC112,395 (+7.1%)
  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 Concord from High Point?

54.9 miles, 88.3 km or 47.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is High Point from Concord?

NE. The great-circle path leaves Concord on a bearing of 40.9° and arrives at High Point on 41.3°. The return trip starts on 221.3°.

What is halfway between Concord and High Point?

The midpoint is at 35.691877, -80.315306. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Spencer, NC, 6.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Concord and High Point?

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

Which is bigger, Concord or High Point?

High Point, with 118,601 residents in July 2024 against 112,395 for Concord, 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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