California

Distance from Garden Grove to Huntington Beach

Straight-line distance

6.1mi

Garden Grove, CA and Huntington Beach, CA are 6.1 miles (9.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Garden Grove, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (204°).

kilometers
9.8
nautical miles
5.3
heading from Garden Grove
204° SSW
heading from Huntington Beach
24° NNE
Garden GroveHuntington Beach

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

How far Garden Grove is from Huntington Beach

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Garden Grove and Huntington Beach is 6.1 miles, 9.8 km or 5.3 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 6.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
6.1
Kilometers
9.8
Nautical miles
5.3
Bearing from Garden Grove
204.0° SSW
Bearing arriving at Huntington Beach
204.0°
Bearing from Huntington Beach
24.0° NNE

Halfway between Garden Grove and Huntington Beach

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.738402, -117.982160 (33°44'18.25"N 117°58'55.78"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Westminster, CA, with 89,537 residents, 1.2 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, Garden Grove gets 14 h 24 min of daylight and Huntington Beach 14 h 24 min; on December 21, 9 h 54 min and 9 h 55 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Huntington Beach has 1.1 times the population of Garden Grove. From July 2020 to July 2024, Garden Grove changed by +0.3% and Huntington Beach by -2.7%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Garden Grove, CA172,361 (+0.3%)
  2. 02Huntington Beach, CA193,151 (-2.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Garden Grove from Huntington Beach?

6.1 miles, 9.8 km or 5.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Huntington Beach from Garden Grove?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Garden Grove on a bearing of 204.0° and arrives at Huntington Beach on 204.0°. The return trip starts on 24.0°.

What is halfway between Garden Grove and Huntington Beach?

The midpoint is at 33.738402, -117.982160. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Westminster, CA, 1.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Garden Grove and Huntington Beach?

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

Which is bigger, Garden Grove or Huntington Beach?

Huntington Beach, with 193,151 residents in July 2024 against 172,361 for Garden Grove, 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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