North Carolina

Distance from Greensboro to High Point

Straight-line distance

11.9mi

Greensboro, NC and High Point, NC are 11.9 miles (19.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Greensboro, the shortest path starts out heading SW (233°).

kilometers
19.1
nautical miles
10.3
heading from Greensboro
233° SW
heading from High Point
53° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Greensboro is from High Point

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Greensboro and High Point is 11.9 miles, 19.1 km or 10.3 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
19.1
Nautical miles
10.3
Bearing from Greensboro
232.8° SW
Bearing arriving at High Point
232.7°
Bearing from High Point
52.7° NE

Halfway between Greensboro and High Point

The great-circle midpoint is at 36.042880, -79.908206 (36°02'34.37"N 79°54'29.54"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Jamestown, NC, with 3,773 residents, 3.4 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/New_York, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Greensboro gets 14 h 37 min of daylight and High Point 14 h 36 min; on December 21, 9 h 42 min and 9 h 43 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Greensboro has 2.6 times the population of High Point. From July 2020 to July 2024, Greensboro changed by +3.9% and High Point by +3.3%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Greensboro, NC307,381 (+3.9%)
  2. 02High Point, NC118,601 (+3.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Greensboro from High Point?

11.9 miles, 19.1 km or 10.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is High Point from Greensboro?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Greensboro on a bearing of 232.8° and arrives at High Point on 232.7°. The return trip starts on 52.7°.

What is halfway between Greensboro and High Point?

The midpoint is at 36.042880, -79.908206. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Jamestown, NC, 3.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Greensboro and High Point?

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

Which is bigger, Greensboro or High Point?

Greensboro, with 307,381 residents in July 2024 against 118,601 for High Point, 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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