California to Nevada

Distance from Sacramento to Sparks

Straight-line distance

117.0mi

Sacramento, CA and Sparks, NV are 117.0 miles (188.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Sacramento, the shortest path starts out heading NE (53°).

kilometers
188.2
nautical miles
101.6
heading from Sacramento
53° NE
heading from Sparks
234° SW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Sacramento is from Sparks

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Sacramento and Sparks is 117.0 miles, 188.2 km or 101.6 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 117.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
117.0
Kilometers
188.2
Nautical miles
101.6
Bearing from Sacramento
53.0° NE
Bearing arriving at Sparks
54.1°
Bearing from Sparks
234.1° SW

Halfway between Sacramento and Sparks

The great-circle midpoint is at 39.074281, -120.597951 (39°04'27.41"N 120°35'52.62"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Colfax, CA, with 2,058 residents, 19.1 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/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Sacramento gets 14 h 52 min of daylight and Sparks 14 h 58 min; on December 21, 9 h 28 min and 9 h 22 min. Sparks is 1.01° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Sacramento has 4.8 times the population of Sparks. From July 2020 to July 2024, Sacramento changed by +1.9% and Sparks by +2.4%. The trip crosses from California into Nevada.

  1. 01Sacramento, CA535,798 (+1.9%)
  2. 02Sparks, NV111,520 (+2.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Sacramento from Sparks?

117.0 miles, 188.2 km or 101.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sparks from Sacramento?

NE. The great-circle path leaves Sacramento on a bearing of 53.0° and arrives at Sparks on 54.1°. The return trip starts on 234.1°.

What is halfway between Sacramento and Sparks?

The midpoint is at 39.074281, -120.597951. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Colfax, CA, 19.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Sacramento and Sparks?

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

Which is bigger, Sacramento or Sparks?

Sacramento, with 535,798 residents in July 2024 against 111,520 for Sparks, 4.8 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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