Michigan

Distance from Sterling Heights to Warren

Straight-line distance

6.1mi

Sterling Heights, MI and Warren, MI are 6.1 miles (9.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Sterling Heights, the shortest path starts out heading S (177°).

kilometers
9.8
nautical miles
5.3
heading from Sterling Heights
177° S
heading from Warren
357° N
Sterling HeightsWarren

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

How far Sterling Heights is from Warren

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Sterling Heights and Warren is 6.1 miles, 9.8 km or 5.3 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 6.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
6.1
Kilometers
9.8
Nautical miles
5.3
Bearing from Sterling Heights
177.5° S
Bearing arriving at Warren
177.5°
Bearing from Warren
357.5° N

Halfway between Sterling Heights and Warren

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.537050, -83.027648 (42°32'13.38"N 83°01'39.53"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Warren, MI, with 137,686 residents, 3.0 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/Detroit, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Sterling Heights gets 15 h 19 min of daylight and Warren 15 h 18 min; on December 21, 9 h 03 min and 9 h 04 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Warren has 1.0 times the population of Sterling Heights. From July 2020 to July 2024, Sterling Heights changed by +0.2% and Warren by -1.1%. Both are in Michigan.

  1. 01Sterling Heights, MI134,342 (+0.2%)
  2. 02Warren, MI137,686 (-1.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Sterling Heights from Warren?

6.1 miles, 9.8 km or 5.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Warren from Sterling Heights?

S. The great-circle path leaves Sterling Heights on a bearing of 177.5° and arrives at Warren on 177.5°. The return trip starts on 357.5°.

What is halfway between Sterling Heights and Warren?

The midpoint is at 42.537050, -83.027648. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Warren, MI, 3.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Sterling Heights and Warren?

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

Which is bigger, Sterling Heights or Warren?

Warren, with 137,686 residents in July 2024 against 134,342 for Sterling Heights, 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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