Oregon to Washington

Distance from Gresham to Vancouver

Straight-line distance

12.0mi

Gresham, OR and Vancouver, WA are 12.0 miles (19.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Gresham, the shortest path starts out heading NW (321°).

kilometers
19.3
nautical miles
10.4
heading from Gresham
321° NW
heading from Vancouver
141° SE
GreshamVancouver

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

How far Gresham is from Vancouver

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Gresham and Vancouver is 12.0 miles, 19.3 km or 10.4 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 12.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
12.0
Kilometers
19.3
Nautical miles
10.4
Bearing from Gresham
321.2° NW
Bearing arriving at Vancouver
321.1°
Bearing from Vancouver
141.1° SE

Halfway between Gresham and Vancouver

The great-circle midpoint is at 45.569776, -122.519007 (45°34'11.19"N 122°31'8.42"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Fairview, OR, with 10,796 residents, 4.3 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 Vancouver 15 h 42 min; on December 21, 8 h 42 min and 8 h 41 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Vancouver has 1.8 times the population of Gresham. From July 2020 to July 2024, Gresham changed by -2.6% and Vancouver by +4.0%. The trip crosses from Oregon into Washington.

  1. 01Gresham, OR111,507 (-2.6%)
  2. 02Vancouver, WA198,992 (+4.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Gresham from Vancouver?

12.0 miles, 19.3 km or 10.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Vancouver from Gresham?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Gresham on a bearing of 321.2° and arrives at Vancouver on 321.1°. The return trip starts on 141.1°.

What is halfway between Gresham and Vancouver?

The midpoint is at 45.569776, -122.519007. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Fairview, OR, 4.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Gresham and Vancouver?

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

Which is bigger, Gresham or Vancouver?

Vancouver, with 198,992 residents in July 2024 against 111,507 for Gresham, 1.8 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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