Colorado

Distance from Greeley to Lakewood

Straight-line distance

52.8mi

Greeley, CO and Lakewood, CO are 52.8 miles (85.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Greeley, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (200°).

kilometers
85.0
nautical miles
45.9
heading from Greeley
200° SSW
heading from Lakewood
20° NNE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Greeley is from Lakewood

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Greeley and Lakewood is 52.8 miles, 85.0 km or 45.9 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 52.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
52.8
Kilometers
85.0
Nautical miles
45.9
Bearing from Greeley
200.3° SSW
Bearing arriving at Lakewood
200.1°
Bearing from Lakewood
20.1° NNE

Halfway between Greeley and Lakewood

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.057877, -104.946357 (40°03'28.36"N 104°56'46.88"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Dacono, CO, with 6,748 residents, 0.4 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/Denver, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Greeley gets 15 h 04 min of daylight and Lakewood 14 h 59 min; on December 21, 9 h 17 min and 9 h 22 min. Greeley is 0.72° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Lakewood has 1.4 times the population of Greeley. From July 2020 to July 2024, Greeley changed by +4.6% and Lakewood by +0.4%. Both are in Colorado.

  1. 01Greeley, CO114,363 (+4.6%)
  2. 02Lakewood, CO156,868 (+0.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Greeley from Lakewood?

52.8 miles, 85.0 km or 45.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Lakewood from Greeley?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Greeley on a bearing of 200.3° and arrives at Lakewood on 200.1°. The return trip starts on 20.1°.

What is halfway between Greeley and Lakewood?

The midpoint is at 40.057877, -104.946357. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Dacono, CO, 0.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Greeley and Lakewood?

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

Which is bigger, Greeley or Lakewood?

Lakewood, with 156,868 residents in July 2024 against 114,363 for Greeley, 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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