Nevada to California

Distance from Sparks to Stockton

Straight-line distance

139.8mi

Sparks, NV and Stockton, CA are 139.8 miles (225.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Sparks, the shortest path starts out heading SW (218°).

kilometers
225.0
nautical miles
121.5
heading from Sparks
218° SW
heading from Stockton
37° NE
SparksStockton

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

How far Sparks is from Stockton

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Sparks and Stockton is 139.8 miles, 225.0 km or 121.5 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 139.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
139.8
Kilometers
225.0
Nautical miles
121.5
Bearing from Sparks
218.4° SW
Bearing arriving at Stockton
217.4°
Bearing from Stockton
37.4° NE

Halfway between Sparks and Stockton

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.778154, -120.520824 (38°46'41.36"N 120°31'14.97"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Placerville, CA, with 10,695 residents, 15.3 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, Sparks gets 14 h 58 min of daylight and Stockton 14 h 48 min; on December 21, 9 h 22 min and 9 h 32 min. Sparks is 1.60° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Stockton has 2.9 times the population of Sparks. From July 2020 to July 2024, Sparks changed by +2.4% and Stockton by +1.2%. The trip crosses from Nevada into California.

  1. 01Sparks, NV111,520 (+2.4%)
  2. 02Stockton, CA324,975 (+1.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Sparks from Stockton?

139.8 miles, 225.0 km or 121.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Stockton from Sparks?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Sparks on a bearing of 218.4° and arrives at Stockton on 217.4°. The return trip starts on 37.4°.

What is halfway between Sparks and Stockton?

The midpoint is at 38.778154, -120.520824. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Placerville, CA, 15.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Sparks and Stockton?

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

Which is bigger, Sparks or Stockton?

Stockton, with 324,975 residents in July 2024 against 111,520 for Sparks, 2.9 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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