California

Distance from Garden Grove to Long Beach

Straight-line distance

11.9mi

Garden Grove, CA and Long Beach, CA are 11.9 miles (19.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Garden Grove, the shortest path starts out heading W (271°).

kilometers
19.2
nautical miles
10.4
heading from Garden Grove
271° W
heading from Long Beach
91° E
Garden GroveLong Beach

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

How far Garden Grove is from Long Beach

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Garden Grove and Long Beach is 11.9 miles, 19.2 km or 10.4 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 11.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
11.9
Kilometers
19.2
Nautical miles
10.4
Bearing from Garden Grove
270.7° W
Bearing arriving at Long Beach
270.6°
Bearing from Long Beach
90.6° E

Halfway between Garden Grove and Long Beach

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.779843, -118.064349 (33°46'47.44"N 118°03'51.66"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Los Alamitos, CA, with 11,846 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 Long Beach 14 h 24 min; on December 21, 9 h 54 min and 9 h 54 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Long Beach has 2.6 times the population of Garden Grove. From July 2020 to July 2024, Garden Grove changed by +0.3% and Long Beach by -3.2%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Garden Grove, CA172,361 (+0.3%)
  2. 02Long Beach, CA450,901 (-3.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Garden Grove from Long Beach?

11.9 miles, 19.2 km or 10.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Long Beach from Garden Grove?

W. The great-circle path leaves Garden Grove on a bearing of 270.7° and arrives at Long Beach on 270.6°. The return trip starts on 90.6°.

What is halfway between Garden Grove and Long Beach?

The midpoint is at 33.779843, -118.064349. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Los Alamitos, CA, 1.2 miles from it.

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

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

Which is bigger, Garden Grove or Long Beach?

Long Beach, with 450,901 residents in July 2024 against 172,361 for Garden Grove, 2.6 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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