Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: New York
• Level 2: Niagara County
• Level 3: Town of Lockport

Current local time in Rapids:

06:45 AM, Friday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Rapids on map:^[1]

Rapids GPS coordinates^[2]

43° 5' 54.204" North, 78° 38' 27.096" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	43.60965°,	-79.34399°
Center:	43.09839°,	-78.64086°
Lower-right:	42.58283°,	-77.93774°
Map W x H:	114.2×114.2 km	= 71×71mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑15.9% North
Rapids:	43.09839°
min Lat:	⇓84.1% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Rapids	max Long
-171.73463°	-78.64086°	-66.98998°
W 76.7%⇐		⇒23.3% E

Elevation

Elevation of Rapids is 181 m = 594 ft, and this is 113.8 m = 373 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	54.8%
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Rapids	181 m = 594 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	45.2%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Rapids is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 2186.2 km =1358.4 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Rapids
North Pole	5215	3240.4	to North
Arctic Circle	2609.1	1621.2	to North
Tropic Cancer	2186.2	1358.4	to South
Equator	4792.1	2977.7	to South

Nearby cities:

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

• Akron 14.6 km =9.1 mi, 126°
• Alabama 20.3 km =12.6 mi, 90°
• Amherst 18.6 km =11.6 mi, 224°
• Clarence 14.1 km =8.8 mi, 163°
• Clarence Center 9.8 km =6.1 mi, 178°
• Eggertsville 20 km =12.4 mi, 221°
• Gasport 12.4 km =7.7 mi, 25°
• Harris Hill 15.2 km =9.4 mi, 191°
• Lockport 9 km =5.6 mi, 333°
• Middleport 18.4 km =11.4 mi, 46°
• North Tonawanda 19.3 km =12 mi, 249°
• Sanborn 20.2 km =12.6 mi, 282°
• South Lockport 7.3 km =4.5 mi, 321°
• Tonawanda 21.3 km =13.2 mi, 245°
• Williamsville 16.9 km =10.5 mi, 207°