Massachusetts

Distance from Lowell to Quincy

Straight-line distance

30.6mi

Lowell, MA and Quincy, MA are 30.6 miles (49.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Lowell, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (149°).

kilometers
49.2
nautical miles
26.6
heading from Lowell
149° SSE
heading from Quincy
329° NNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Lowell is from Quincy

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lowell and Quincy is 30.6 miles, 49.2 km or 26.6 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 30.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
30.6
Kilometers
49.2
Nautical miles
26.6
Bearing from Lowell
148.6° SSE
Bearing arriving at Quincy
148.8°
Bearing from Quincy
328.8° NNW

Halfway between Lowell and Quincy

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.450106, -71.164529 (42°27'0.38"N 71°09'52.31"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Woburn, MA, with 43,895 residents, 2.7 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 Quincy 15 h 16 min; on December 21, 9 h 03 min and 9 h 05 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Lowell has 1.2 times the population of Quincy. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lowell changed by +4.0% and Quincy by +1.9%. Both are in Massachusetts.

  1. 01Lowell, MA120,418 (+4.0%)
  2. 02Quincy, MA103,434 (+1.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lowell from Quincy?

30.6 miles, 49.2 km or 26.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Quincy from Lowell?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Lowell on a bearing of 148.6° and arrives at Quincy on 148.8°. The return trip starts on 328.8°.

What is halfway between Lowell and Quincy?

The midpoint is at 42.450106, -71.164529. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Woburn, MA, 2.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lowell and Quincy?

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

Which is bigger, Lowell or Quincy?

Lowell, with 120,418 residents in July 2024 against 103,434 for Quincy, 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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