California

Distance from Elk Grove to Sacramento

Straight-line distance

11.5mi

Elk Grove, CA and Sacramento, CA are 11.5 miles (18.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Elk Grove, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (337°).

kilometers
18.5
nautical miles
10.0
heading from Elk Grove
337° NNW
heading from Sacramento
157° SSE
Elk GroveSacramento

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

How far Elk Grove is from Sacramento

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Elk Grove and Sacramento is 11.5 miles, 18.5 km or 10.0 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 11.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
11.5
Kilometers
18.5
Nautical miles
10.0
Bearing from Elk Grove
337.0° NNW
Bearing arriving at Sacramento
336.9°
Bearing from Sacramento
156.9° SSE

Halfway between Elk Grove and Sacramento

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.491157, -121.426556 (38°29'28.17"N 121°25'35.60"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Elk Grove, CA, with 182,797 residents, 5.7 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 Sacramento 14 h 52 min; on December 21, 9 h 29 min and 9 h 28 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Sacramento has 2.9 times the population of Elk Grove. From July 2020 to July 2024, Elk Grove changed by +3.5% and Sacramento by +1.9%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Elk Grove, CA182,797 (+3.5%)
  2. 02Sacramento, CA535,798 (+1.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Elk Grove from Sacramento?

11.5 miles, 18.5 km or 10.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sacramento from Elk Grove?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Elk Grove on a bearing of 337.0° and arrives at Sacramento on 336.9°. The return trip starts on 156.9°.

What is halfway between Elk Grove and Sacramento?

The midpoint is at 38.491157, -121.426556. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Elk Grove, CA, 5.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Elk Grove and Sacramento?

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

Which is bigger, Elk Grove or Sacramento?

Sacramento, with 535,798 residents in July 2024 against 182,797 for Elk Grove, 2.9 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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