Texas

Distance from Georgetown to Waco

Straight-line distance

68.5mi

Georgetown, TX and Waco, TX are 68.5 miles (110.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Georgetown, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (26°).

kilometers
110.2
nautical miles
59.5
heading from Georgetown
26° NNE
heading from Waco
206° SSW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Georgetown is from Waco

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Georgetown and Waco is 68.5 miles, 110.2 km or 59.5 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 68.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
68.5
Kilometers
110.2
Nautical miles
59.5
Bearing from Georgetown
26.0° NNE
Bearing arriving at Waco
26.2°
Bearing from Waco
206.2° SSW

Halfway between Georgetown and Waco

The great-circle midpoint is at 31.113300, -97.445393 (31°06'47.88"N 97°26'43.41"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Morgan's Point Resort, TX, with 4,771 residents, 3.0 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 Waco 14 h 13 min; on December 21, 10 h 10 min and 10 h 05 min. Waco is 0.89° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Waco has 1.4 times the population of Georgetown. From July 2020 to July 2024, Georgetown changed by +47.5% and Waco by +4.3%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Georgetown, TX101,344 (+47.5%)
  2. 02Waco, TX146,608 (+4.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Georgetown from Waco?

68.5 miles, 110.2 km or 59.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Waco from Georgetown?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Georgetown on a bearing of 26.0° and arrives at Waco on 26.2°. The return trip starts on 206.2°.

What is halfway between Georgetown and Waco?

The midpoint is at 31.113300, -97.445393. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Morgan's Point Resort, TX, 3.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Georgetown and Waco?

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

Which is bigger, Georgetown or Waco?

Waco, with 146,608 residents in July 2024 against 101,344 for Georgetown, 1.4 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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