Massachusetts

Distance from Lynn to New Bedford

Straight-line distance

56.2mi

Lynn, MA and New Bedford, MA are 56.2 miles (90.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Lynn, the shortest path starts out heading S (179°).

kilometers
90.5
nautical miles
48.9
heading from Lynn
179° S
heading from New Bedford
359° N
LynnNew Bedford

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

How far Lynn is from New Bedford

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lynn and New Bedford is 56.2 miles, 90.5 km or 48.9 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 56.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
56.2
Kilometers
90.5
Nautical miles
48.9
Bearing from Lynn
178.7° S
Bearing arriving at New Bedford
178.7°
Bearing from New Bedford
358.7° N

Halfway between Lynn and New Bedford

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.068051, -70.949873 (42°04'4.98"N 70°56'59.54"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Brockton, MA, with 105,788 residents, 4.0 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 New Bedford 15 h 12 min; on December 21, 9 h 04 min and 9 h 09 min. Lynn is 0.81° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Lynn has 1.0 times the population of New Bedford. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lynn changed by +2.4% and New Bedford by +0.4%. Both are in Massachusetts.

  1. 01Lynn, MA103,489 (+2.4%)
  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 Lynn from New Bedford?

56.2 miles, 90.5 km or 48.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is New Bedford from Lynn?

S. The great-circle path leaves Lynn on a bearing of 178.7° and arrives at New Bedford on 178.7°. The return trip starts on 358.7°.

What is halfway between Lynn and New Bedford?

The midpoint is at 42.068051, -70.949873. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Brockton, MA, 4.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lynn and New Bedford?

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

Which is bigger, Lynn or New Bedford?

Lynn, with 103,489 residents in July 2024 against 101,318 for New Bedford, 1.0 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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