Michigan to Ohio

Distance from Dearborn to Toledo

Straight-line distance

48.7mi

Dearborn, MI and Toledo, OH are 48.7 miles (78.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Dearborn, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (203°).

kilometers
78.4
nautical miles
42.3
heading from Dearborn
203° SSW
heading from Toledo
23° NNE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Dearborn is from Toledo

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Dearborn and Toledo is 48.7 miles, 78.4 km or 42.3 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 48.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
48.7
Kilometers
78.4
Nautical miles
42.3
Bearing from Dearborn
203.1° SSW
Bearing arriving at Toledo
202.9°
Bearing from Toledo
22.9° NNE

Halfway between Dearborn and Toledo

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.988749, -83.397644 (41°59'19.50"N 83°23'51.52"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Carleton, MI, with 2,302 residents, 4.7 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Dearborn uses America/Detroit and Toledo uses America/New_York; Toledo is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Dearborn gets 15 h 17 min of daylight and Toledo 15 h 12 min; on December 21, 9 h 05 min and 9 h 09 min. Dearborn is 0.65° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Toledo has 2.5 times the population of Dearborn. From July 2020 to July 2024, Dearborn changed by -2.9% and Toledo by -1.7%. The trip crosses from Michigan into Ohio.

  1. 01Dearborn, MI106,377 (-2.9%)
  2. 02Toledo, OH265,638 (-1.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Dearborn from Toledo?

48.7 miles, 78.4 km or 42.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Toledo from Dearborn?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Dearborn on a bearing of 203.1° and arrives at Toledo on 202.9°. The return trip starts on 22.9°.

What is halfway between Dearborn and Toledo?

The midpoint is at 41.988749, -83.397644. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Carleton, MI, 4.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Dearborn and Toledo?

Dearborn uses America/Detroit and Toledo uses America/New_York; Toledo is the same clock time all year.

Which is bigger, Dearborn or Toledo?

Toledo, with 265,638 residents in July 2024 against 106,377 for Dearborn, 2.5 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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