Texas

Distance from Georgetown to New Braunfels

Straight-line distance

71.4mi

Georgetown, TX and New Braunfels, TX are 71.4 miles (114.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Georgetown, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (200°).

kilometers
114.9
nautical miles
62.1
heading from Georgetown
200° SSW
heading from New Braunfels
20° NNE
GeorgetownNew Braunfels

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

How far Georgetown is from New Braunfels

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Georgetown and New Braunfels is 71.4 miles, 114.9 km or 62.1 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 71.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
71.4
Kilometers
114.9
Nautical miles
62.1
Bearing from Georgetown
200.5° SSW
Bearing arriving at New Braunfels
200.3°
Bearing from New Braunfels
20.3° NNE

Halfway between Georgetown and New Braunfels

The great-circle midpoint is at 30.183864, -97.907924 (30°11'1.91"N 97°54'28.53"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Buda, TX, with 16,090 residents, 7.8 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Georgetown gets 14 h 08 min of daylight and New Braunfels 14 h 03 min; on December 21, 10 h 10 min and 10 h 14 min. Georgetown is 0.97° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

New Braunfels has 1.1 times the population of Georgetown. From July 2020 to July 2024, Georgetown changed by +47.5% and New Braunfels by +27.0%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Georgetown, TX101,344 (+47.5%)
  2. 02New Braunfels, TX116,477 (+27.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Georgetown from New Braunfels?

71.4 miles, 114.9 km or 62.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is New Braunfels from Georgetown?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Georgetown on a bearing of 200.5° and arrives at New Braunfels on 200.3°. The return trip starts on 20.3°.

What is halfway between Georgetown and New Braunfels?

The midpoint is at 30.183864, -97.907924. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Buda, TX, 7.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Georgetown and New Braunfels?

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

Which is bigger, Georgetown or New Braunfels?

New Braunfels, with 116,477 residents in July 2024 against 101,344 for Georgetown, 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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