Massachusetts

Distance from Lowell to New Bedford

Straight-line distance

70.3mi

Lowell, MA and New Bedford, MA are 70.3 miles (113.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Lowell, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (164°).

kilometers
113.2
nautical miles
61.1
heading from Lowell
164° SSE
heading from New Bedford
344° NNW
LowellNew Bedford

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

How far Lowell is from New Bedford

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lowell and New Bedford is 70.3 miles, 113.2 km or 61.1 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 70.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
70.3
Kilometers
113.2
Nautical miles
61.1
Bearing from Lowell
163.7° SSE
Bearing arriving at New Bedford
163.9°
Bearing from New Bedford
343.9° NNW

Halfway between Lowell and New Bedford

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.150309, -71.127971 (42°09'1.11"N 71°07'40.69"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Randolph Town, MA, with 35,114 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/New_York, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Lowell gets 15 h 19 min of daylight and New Bedford 15 h 12 min; on December 21, 9 h 03 min and 9 h 09 min. Lowell is 0.98° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Lowell has 1.2 times the population of New Bedford. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lowell changed by +4.0% and New Bedford by +0.4%. Both are in Massachusetts.

  1. 01Lowell, MA120,418 (+4.0%)
  2. 02New Bedford, MA101,318 (+0.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lowell from New Bedford?

70.3 miles, 113.2 km or 61.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is New Bedford from Lowell?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Lowell on a bearing of 163.7° and arrives at New Bedford on 163.9°. The return trip starts on 343.9°.

What is halfway between Lowell and New Bedford?

The midpoint is at 42.150309, -71.127971. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Randolph Town, MA, 4.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lowell and New Bedford?

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

Which is bigger, Lowell or New Bedford?

Lowell, with 120,418 residents in July 2024 against 101,318 for New Bedford, 1.2 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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