Oregon

Distance from Gresham to Salem

Straight-line distance

49.0mi

Gresham, OR and Salem, OR are 49.0 miles (78.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Gresham, the shortest path starts out heading SW (216°).

kilometers
78.8
nautical miles
42.6
heading from Gresham
216° SW
heading from Salem
35° NE
GreshamSalem

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

How far Gresham is from Salem

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Gresham and Salem is 49.0 miles, 78.8 km or 42.6 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 49.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
49.0
Kilometers
78.8
Nautical miles
42.6
Bearing from Gresham
215.5° SW
Bearing arriving at Salem
215.1°
Bearing from Salem
35.1° NE

Halfway between Gresham and Salem

The great-circle midpoint is at 45.213469, -122.733778 (45°12'48.49"N 122°44'1.60"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Aurora, OR, with 1,122 residents, 1.6 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 Salem 15 h 37 min; on December 21, 8 h 42 min and 8 h 47 min. Gresham is 0.58° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Salem has 1.6 times the population of Gresham. From July 2020 to July 2024, Gresham changed by -2.6% and Salem by +2.5%. Both are in Oregon.

  1. 01Gresham, OR111,507 (-2.6%)
  2. 02Salem, OR180,406 (+2.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Gresham from Salem?

49.0 miles, 78.8 km or 42.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Salem from Gresham?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Gresham on a bearing of 215.5° and arrives at Salem on 215.1°. The return trip starts on 35.1°.

What is halfway between Gresham and Salem?

The midpoint is at 45.213469, -122.733778. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Aurora, OR, 1.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Gresham and Salem?

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

Which is bigger, Gresham or Salem?

Salem, with 180,406 residents in July 2024 against 111,507 for Gresham, 1.6 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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