Michigan

Distance from Dearborn to Lansing

Straight-line distance

74.1mi

Dearborn, MI and Lansing, MI are 74.1 miles (119.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Dearborn, the shortest path starts out heading WNW (292°).

kilometers
119.3
nautical miles
64.4
heading from Dearborn
292° WNW
heading from Lansing
112° ESE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Dearborn is from Lansing

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Dearborn and Lansing is 74.1 miles, 119.3 km or 64.4 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 74.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
74.1
Kilometers
119.3
Nautical miles
64.4
Bearing from Dearborn
292.4° WNW
Bearing arriving at Lansing
291.5°
Bearing from Lansing
111.5° ESE

Halfway between Dearborn and Lansing

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.515679, -83.884034 (42°30'56.44"N 83°53'2.52"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Pinckney, MI, with 2,339 residents, 5.1 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/Detroit, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Dearborn gets 15 h 17 min of daylight and Lansing 15 h 20 min; on December 21, 9 h 05 min and 9 h 02 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Lansing has 1.1 times the population of Dearborn. From July 2020 to July 2024, Dearborn changed by -2.9% and Lansing by +1.6%. Both are in Michigan.

  1. 01Dearborn, MI106,377 (-2.9%)
  2. 02Lansing, MI114,336 (+1.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Dearborn from Lansing?

74.1 miles, 119.3 km or 64.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Lansing from Dearborn?

WNW. The great-circle path leaves Dearborn on a bearing of 292.4° and arrives at Lansing on 291.5°. The return trip starts on 111.5°.

What is halfway between Dearborn and Lansing?

The midpoint is at 42.515679, -83.884034. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Pinckney, MI, 5.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Dearborn and Lansing?

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

Which is bigger, Dearborn or Lansing?

Lansing, with 114,336 residents in July 2024 against 106,377 for Dearborn, 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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