California

Distance from Elk Grove to Modesto

Straight-line distance

57.6mi

Elk Grove, CA and Modesto, CA are 57.6 miles (92.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Elk Grove, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (159°).

kilometers
92.7
nautical miles
50.0
heading from Elk Grove
159° SSE
heading from Modesto
339° NNW
Elk GroveModesto

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

How far Elk Grove is from Modesto

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Elk Grove and Modesto is 57.6 miles, 92.7 km or 50.0 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 57.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
57.6
Kilometers
92.7
Nautical miles
50.0
Bearing from Elk Grove
158.7° SSE
Bearing arriving at Modesto
158.9°
Bearing from Modesto
338.9° NNW

Halfway between Elk Grove and Modesto

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.026204, -121.192987 (38°01'34.34"N 121°11'34.75"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Stockton, CA, with 324,975 residents, 7.1 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/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Elk Grove gets 14 h 51 min of daylight and Modesto 14 h 46 min; on December 21, 9 h 29 min and 9 h 34 min. Elk Grove is 0.78° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Modesto has 1.2 times the population of Elk Grove. From July 2020 to July 2024, Elk Grove changed by +3.5% and Modesto by +0.9%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Elk Grove, CA182,797 (+3.5%)
  2. 02Modesto, CA220,592 (+0.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Elk Grove from Modesto?

57.6 miles, 92.7 km or 50.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Modesto from Elk Grove?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Elk Grove on a bearing of 158.7° and arrives at Modesto on 158.9°. The return trip starts on 338.9°.

What is halfway between Elk Grove and Modesto?

The midpoint is at 38.026204, -121.192987. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Stockton, CA, 7.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Elk Grove and Modesto?

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

Which is bigger, Elk Grove or Modesto?

Modesto, with 220,592 residents in July 2024 against 182,797 for Elk Grove, 1.2 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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