Massachusetts

Distance from Lowell to Springfield

Straight-line distance

72.0mi

Lowell, MA and Springfield, MA are 72.0 miles (115.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Lowell, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (240°).

kilometers
115.8
nautical miles
62.5
heading from Lowell
240° WSW
heading from Springfield
59° ENE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Lowell is from Springfield

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lowell and Springfield is 72.0 miles, 115.8 km or 62.5 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 72.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
72.0
Kilometers
115.8
Nautical miles
62.5
Bearing from Lowell
240.2° WSW
Bearing arriving at Springfield
239.4°
Bearing from Springfield
59.4° ENE

Halfway between Lowell and Springfield

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.378864, -71.933041 (42°22'43.91"N 71°55'58.95"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Worcester, MA, with 211,286 residents, 9.9 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 Springfield 15 h 15 min; on December 21, 9 h 03 min and 9 h 06 min. Lowell is 0.52° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Springfield has 1.3 times the population of Lowell. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lowell changed by +4.0% and Springfield by -0.2%. Both are in Massachusetts.

  1. 01Lowell, MA120,418 (+4.0%)
  2. 02Springfield, MA154,888 (-0.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lowell from Springfield?

72.0 miles, 115.8 km or 62.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Springfield from Lowell?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Lowell on a bearing of 240.2° and arrives at Springfield on 239.4°. The return trip starts on 59.4°.

What is halfway between Lowell and Springfield?

The midpoint is at 42.378864, -71.933041. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Worcester, MA, 9.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lowell and Springfield?

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

Which is bigger, Lowell or Springfield?

Springfield, with 154,888 residents in July 2024 against 120,418 for Lowell, 1.3 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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