Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: North Carolina
• Level 2: Lee County

Current local time in Sanford:

10:44 AM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Sanford on map:^[1]

Sanford GPS coordinates^[2]

35° 28' 47.568" North, 79° 10' 49.08" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	36.0504°,	-79.88343°
Center:	35.47988°,	-79.1803°
Lower-right:	34.90528°,	-78.47718°
Map W x H:	127.3×127.3 km	= 79.1×79.1mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑72.8% North
Sanford:	35.47988°
min Lat:	⇓27.2% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Sanford	max Long
-171.73463°	-79.1803°	-66.98998°
W 75.4%⇐		⇒24.6% E

Elevation

Elevation of Sanford is 111 m = 364 ft, and this is 183.8 m = 603 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	68.3%
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Sanford	111 m = 364 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	31.7%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Sanford is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 1339.1 km =832.1 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Sanford
North Pole	6062.1	3766.8	to North
Arctic Circle	3456.2	2147.6	to North
Tropic Cancer	1339.1	832.1	to South
Equator	3945	2451.3	to South

Nearby cities:

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

• Broadway 11.8 km =7.3 mi, 101°
• Carthage 26.1 km =16.2 mi, 235°
• Farmville 10.7 km =6.6 mi, 340°
• Fearrington 37.6 km =23.4 mi, 14°
• Fearrington Village 36.9 km =22.9 mi, 12°
• Fuquay-Varina 36.3 km =22.6 mi, 71°
• Holly Springs 36.7 km =22.8 mi, 58°
• Lillington 34.2 km =21.3 mi, 105°
• Mamers 23.4 km =14.5 mi, 107°
• Moncure 18.4 km =11.4 mi, 30°
• Pittsboro 26.7 km =16.6 mi, 0°
• Robbins 37.2 km =23.1 mi, 262°
• Siler City 37.2 km =23.1 mi, 316°
• Vass 26.5 km =16.5 mi, 200°
• Whispering Pines 30.4 km =18.9 mi, 214°

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• In Russian: Сэнфорд