Oregon

Distance from Gresham to Portland

Straight-line distance

10.4mi

Gresham, OR and Portland, OR are 10.4 miles (16.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Gresham, the shortest path starts out heading WNW (283°).

kilometers
16.7
nautical miles
9.0
heading from Gresham
283° WNW
heading from Portland
103° ESE
GreshamPortland

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

How far Gresham is from Portland

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Gresham and Portland is 10.4 miles, 16.7 km or 9.0 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 10.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
10.4
Kilometers
16.7
Nautical miles
9.0
Bearing from Gresham
283.4° WNW
Bearing arriving at Portland
283.3°
Bearing from Portland
103.3° ESE

Halfway between Gresham and Portland

The great-circle midpoint is at 45.519697, -122.545768 (45°31'10.91"N 122°32'44.76"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Portland, OR, with 635,749 residents, 5.2 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, Gresham gets 15 h 41 min of daylight and Portland 15 h 41 min; on December 21, 8 h 42 min and 8 h 42 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Portland has 5.7 times the population of Gresham. From July 2020 to July 2024, Gresham changed by -2.6% and Portland by -2.7%. Both are in Oregon.

  1. 01Gresham, OR111,507 (-2.6%)
  2. 02Portland, OR635,749 (-2.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Gresham from Portland?

10.4 miles, 16.7 km or 9.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Portland from Gresham?

WNW. The great-circle path leaves Gresham on a bearing of 283.4° and arrives at Portland on 283.3°. The return trip starts on 103.3°.

What is halfway between Gresham and Portland?

The midpoint is at 45.519697, -122.545768. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Portland, OR, 5.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Gresham and Portland?

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

Which is bigger, Gresham or Portland?

Portland, with 635,749 residents in July 2024 against 111,507 for Gresham, 5.7 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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