California

Distance from Garden Grove to Orange

Straight-line distance

5.7mi

Garden Grove, CA and Orange, CA are 5.7 miles (9.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Garden Grove, the shortest path starts out heading E (84°).

kilometers
9.2
nautical miles
5.0
heading from Garden Grove
84° E
heading from Orange
264° W
Garden GroveOrange

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

How far Garden Grove is from Orange

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Garden Grove and Orange is 5.7 miles, 9.2 km or 5.0 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 5.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
5.7
Kilometers
9.2
Nautical miles
5.0
Bearing from Garden Grove
84.3° E
Bearing arriving at Orange
84.3°
Bearing from Orange
264.3° W

Halfway between Garden Grove and Orange

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.782910, -117.910902 (33°46'58.48"N 117°54'39.25"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Garden Grove, CA, with 172,361 residents, 2.9 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 Orange 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

Garden Grove has 1.2 times the population of Orange. From July 2020 to July 2024, Garden Grove changed by +0.3% and Orange by -1.1%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Garden Grove, CA172,361 (+0.3%)
  2. 02Orange, CA137,941 (-1.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Garden Grove from Orange?

5.7 miles, 9.2 km or 5.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Orange from Garden Grove?

E. The great-circle path leaves Garden Grove on a bearing of 84.3° and arrives at Orange on 84.3°. The return trip starts on 264.3°.

What is halfway between Garden Grove and Orange?

The midpoint is at 33.782910, -117.910902. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Garden Grove, CA, 2.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Garden Grove and Orange?

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

Which is bigger, Garden Grove or Orange?

Garden Grove, with 172,361 residents in July 2024 against 137,941 for Orange, 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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