Massachusetts to New Hampshire

Distance from Lynn to Manchester

Straight-line distance

42.9mi

Lynn, MA and Manchester, NH are 42.9 miles (69.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Lynn, the shortest path starts out heading NW (325°).

kilometers
69.1
nautical miles
37.3
heading from Lynn
325° NW
heading from Manchester
145° SE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Lynn is from Manchester

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lynn and Manchester is 42.9 miles, 69.1 km or 37.3 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 42.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
42.9
Kilometers
69.1
Nautical miles
37.3
Bearing from Lynn
325.4° NW
Bearing arriving at Manchester
325.1°
Bearing from Manchester
145.1° SE

Halfway between Lynn and Manchester

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.730103, -71.202059 (42°43'48.37"N 71°12'7.41"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Methuen, MA, with 54,272 residents, 1.5 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, Lynn gets 15 h 18 min of daylight and Manchester 15 h 22 min; on December 21, 9 h 04 min and 9 h 00 min. Manchester is 0.51° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Manchester has 1.1 times the population of Lynn. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lynn changed by +2.4% and Manchester by +0.8%. The trip crosses from Massachusetts into New Hampshire.

  1. 01Lynn, MA103,489 (+2.4%)
  2. 02Manchester, NH116,386 (+0.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lynn from Manchester?

42.9 miles, 69.1 km or 37.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Manchester from Lynn?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Lynn on a bearing of 325.4° and arrives at Manchester on 325.1°. The return trip starts on 145.1°.

What is halfway between Lynn and Manchester?

The midpoint is at 42.730103, -71.202059. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Methuen, MA, 1.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lynn and Manchester?

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

Which is bigger, Lynn or Manchester?

Manchester, with 116,386 residents in July 2024 against 103,489 for Lynn, 1.1 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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