Michigan to Indiana

Distance from Lansing to South Bend

Straight-line distance

113.1mi

Lansing, MI and South Bend, IN are 113.1 miles (182.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Lansing, the shortest path starts out heading SW (231°).

kilometers
182.0
nautical miles
98.2
heading from Lansing
231° SW
heading from South Bend
50° NE
LansingSouth Bend

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

How far Lansing is from South Bend

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lansing and South Bend is 113.1 miles, 182.0 km or 98.2 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 113.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
113.1
Kilometers
182.0
Nautical miles
98.2
Bearing from Lansing
231.2° SW
Bearing arriving at South Bend
230.1°
Bearing from South Bend
50.1° NE

Halfway between Lansing and South Bend

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.198617, -85.421862 (42°11'55.02"N 85°25'18.70"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Galesburg, MI, with 2,083 residents, 6.4 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Lansing uses America/Detroit and South Bend uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis; South Bend is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Lansing gets 15 h 20 min of daylight and South Bend 15 h 12 min; on December 21, 9 h 02 min and 9 h 09 min. Lansing is 1.04° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Lansing has 1.1 times the population of South Bend. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lansing changed by +1.6% and South Bend by +0.4%. The trip crosses from Michigan into Indiana.

  1. 01Lansing, MI114,336 (+1.6%)
  2. 02South Bend, IN103,713 (+0.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lansing from South Bend?

113.1 miles, 182.0 km or 98.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is South Bend from Lansing?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Lansing on a bearing of 231.2° and arrives at South Bend on 230.1°. The return trip starts on 50.1°.

What is halfway between Lansing and South Bend?

The midpoint is at 42.198617, -85.421862. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Galesburg, MI, 6.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lansing and South Bend?

Lansing uses America/Detroit and South Bend uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis; South Bend is the same clock time all year.

Which is bigger, Lansing or South Bend?

Lansing, with 114,336 residents in July 2024 against 103,713 for South Bend, 1.1 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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