Michigan to Ohio

Distance from Lansing to Toledo

Straight-line distance

88.2mi

Lansing, MI and Toledo, OH are 88.2 miles (141.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Lansing, the shortest path starts out heading SE (145°).

kilometers
141.9
nautical miles
76.6
heading from Lansing
145° SE
heading from Toledo
326° NW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Lansing is from Toledo

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lansing and Toledo is 88.2 miles, 141.9 km or 76.6 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 88.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
88.2
Kilometers
141.9
Nautical miles
76.6
Bearing from Lansing
145.0° SE
Bearing arriving at Toledo
145.7°
Bearing from Toledo
325.7° NW

Halfway between Lansing and Toledo

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.190240, -84.067334 (42°11'24.87"N 84°04'2.40"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Manchester, MI, with 2,056 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

Lansing uses America/Detroit and Toledo uses America/New_York; Toledo is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Lansing gets 15 h 20 min of daylight and Toledo 15 h 12 min; on December 21, 9 h 02 min and 9 h 09 min. Lansing is 1.05° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Toledo has 2.3 times the population of Lansing. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lansing changed by +1.6% and Toledo by -1.7%. The trip crosses from Michigan into Ohio.

  1. 01Lansing, MI114,336 (+1.6%)
  2. 02Toledo, OH265,638 (-1.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lansing from Toledo?

88.2 miles, 141.9 km or 76.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Toledo from Lansing?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Lansing on a bearing of 145.0° and arrives at Toledo on 145.7°. The return trip starts on 325.7°.

What is halfway between Lansing and Toledo?

The midpoint is at 42.190240, -84.067334. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Manchester, MI, 3.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lansing and Toledo?

Lansing uses America/Detroit and Toledo uses America/New_York; Toledo is the same clock time all year.

Which is bigger, Lansing or Toledo?

Toledo, with 265,638 residents in July 2024 against 114,336 for Lansing, 2.3 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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