North Carolina

Distance from Fayetteville to High Point

Straight-line distance

85.0mi

Fayetteville, NC and High Point, NC are 85.0 miles (136.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Fayetteville, the shortest path starts out heading NW (318°).

kilometers
136.7
nautical miles
73.8
heading from Fayetteville
318° NW
heading from High Point
137° SE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Fayetteville is from High Point

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fayetteville and High Point is 85.0 miles, 136.7 km or 73.8 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 85.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
85.0
Kilometers
136.7
Nautical miles
73.8
Bearing from Fayetteville
317.9° NW
Bearing arriving at High Point
317.3°
Bearing from High Point
137.3° SE

Halfway between Fayetteville and High Point

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.537872, -79.480216 (35°32'16.34"N 79°28'48.78"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Robbins, NC, with 1,270 residents, 9.6 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, Fayetteville gets 14 h 31 min of daylight and High Point 14 h 36 min; on December 21, 9 h 48 min and 9 h 43 min. High Point is 0.91° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Fayetteville has 1.8 times the population of High Point. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fayetteville changed by -0.7% and High Point by +3.3%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Fayetteville, NC209,496 (-0.7%)
  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 Fayetteville from High Point?

85.0 miles, 136.7 km or 73.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is High Point from Fayetteville?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Fayetteville on a bearing of 317.9° and arrives at High Point on 317.3°. The return trip starts on 137.3°.

What is halfway between Fayetteville and High Point?

The midpoint is at 35.537872, -79.480216. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Robbins, NC, 9.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fayetteville and High Point?

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

Which is bigger, Fayetteville or High Point?

Fayetteville, with 209,496 residents in July 2024 against 118,601 for High Point, 1.8 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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