Massachusetts to Rhode Island

Distance from Lowell to Providence

Straight-line distance

56.6mi

Lowell, MA and Providence, RI are 56.6 miles (91.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Lowell, the shortest path starts out heading S (185°).

kilometers
91.1
nautical miles
49.2
heading from Lowell
185° S
heading from Providence
5° N
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Lowell is from Providence

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lowell and Providence is 56.6 miles, 91.1 km or 49.2 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 56.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
56.6
Kilometers
91.1
Nautical miles
49.2
Bearing from Lowell
185.1° S
Bearing arriving at Providence
185.0°
Bearing from Providence
5.0° N

Halfway between Lowell and Providence

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.231060, -71.370216 (42°13'51.82"N 71°22'12.78"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Framingham, MA, with 73,361 residents, 6.3 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 Providence 15 h 13 min; on December 21, 9 h 03 min and 9 h 08 min. Lowell is 0.82° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Providence has 1.6 times the population of Lowell. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lowell changed by +4.0% and Providence by +2.0%. The trip crosses from Massachusetts into Rhode Island.

  1. 01Lowell, MA120,418 (+4.0%)
  2. 02Providence, RI194,706 (+2.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lowell from Providence?

56.6 miles, 91.1 km or 49.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Providence from Lowell?

S. The great-circle path leaves Lowell on a bearing of 185.1° and arrives at Providence on 185.0°. The return trip starts on 5.0°.

What is halfway between Lowell and Providence?

The midpoint is at 42.231060, -71.370216. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Framingham, MA, 6.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lowell and Providence?

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

Which is bigger, Lowell or Providence?

Providence, with 194,706 residents in July 2024 against 120,418 for Lowell, 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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