Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Friesland
• Level 2: Gemeente Smallingerland

Current local time in Drachten:

06:07 AM, Monday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Drachten on map:^[1]

Drachten GPS coordinates^[2]

53° 6' 45.144" North, 6° 5' 56.04" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	53.53252°,	5.39578°
Center:	53.11254°,	6.0989°
Lower-right:	52.68842°,	6.80203°
Map W x H:	93.9×93.9 km	= 58.3×58.3mi

max Lat:	53.48025°   ⇑10.6% North
Drachten:	53.11254°
min Lat:	⇓89.4% South 50.76917°

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min Long	Drachten	max Long
3.38611°	6.0989°	7.16528°
W 79.3%⇐		⇒20.7% E

Elevation

Elevation of Drachten is 3 m = 10 ft, and this is 12 m = 39 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	203 m = 666 ft	65.8%
Avg.	15 m = 49 ft
Drachten	3 m = 10 ft
Min E:	-6 m = -20 ft	34.2%

See also: Drachten elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Drachten is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 1495.6 km =929.3 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Drachten
North Pole	4101.5	2548.6	to North
Arctic Circle	1495.6	929.3	to North
Tropic Cancer	3299.6	2050.3	to South
Equator	5905.6	3669.6	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Drachten: (largest is in red/bold)

• Beetsterzwaag 6.1 km =3.8 mi, 193°
• Boelenslaan 6.3 km =3.9 mi, 29°
• Boornbergum 4.8 km =3 mi, 227°
• De Drait 2.7 km =1.7 mi, 230°
• De Wilgen 4.6 km =2.9 mi, 251°
• Drachtstercompagnie 3.8 km =2.4 mi, 49°
• Eastermar 7.4 km =4.6 mi, 339°
• Frieschepalen 7.2 km =4.5 mi, 92°
• Harkema 8.2 km =5.1 mi, 16°
• Houtigehage 5.4 km =3.4 mi, 35°
• Opeinde 3.7 km =2.3 mi, 310°
• Oudega 6.8 km =4.2 mi, 281°
• Rottevalle 3.7 km =2.3 mi, 5°
• Surhuisterveen 9.3 km =5.8 mi, 30°
• Ureterp 5.1 km =3.2 mi, 116°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Драхтен
• In Chinese: 德拉赫滕