Distances from Grand Junction, CO to nearby and major US cities
Drive times and estimated fuel costs from Grand Junction, CO to the towns around it and to the major cities most people head for. Pick any row for the full route.
Grand Junction, CO sits in Colorado, on Denver time, at 39.06° north and 108.55° west. The nearest place of any size is Farmington, NM, about 188 miles away — roughly 3 hr 8 min of driving.
Counting only places above twenty thousand people, 0 are within three hours' driving of Grand Junction, CO and 87 within six — which is a better measure of how connected a town is than its position on a map. The nearest city of real size is Denver, CO, about 227 miles out.
The two lists below answer different questions. The first is what is physically close, which is what you want for an errand or a day out. The second is the major cities people actually drive to from here, which is usually a longer trip and a different kind of plan. Every figure is an estimated road distance rather than a routed one, and every drive time assumes free-flowing traffic with no allowance for a stop — how the estimate works. For a pair that is not listed here, the calculator will work out any two US cities.
Which way the driving goes from Grand Junction, CO
Everything within three hours of Grand Junction, CO lies across a state line, which matters more than the mileage does: speed limits, phone rules and what you may do at a red light are set state by state, so almost any drive from here is governed by two sets of rules. The state-by-state differences are set out separately.
The major-city list below spans a wide range: Denver, CO is about 227 miles out, roughly 3 hr 47 min of driving, while New York City, NY is around 2,115 miles — a different order of trip entirely, and one to plan in stages rather than as a day. 7 of the 10 routes below have a page of their own, with the towns along the way and how flying compares.
One thing none of these figures account for: the distance is the same in both directions but the drive often is not. A route that climbs on the way out descends on the way back, rush hour is in one direction in the morning and the other in the evening, and a mountain pass can be open one way and closed the other in winter. The estimate here is symmetrical because the road is; the day is not. For a long haul out of Grand Junction, CO, the road safety guides cover the part the mileage leaves out.
Closest cities to Grand Junction, CO
- Farmington, NM 188 mi · 3 hr 8 min
- Rock Springs, WY 206 mi · 3 hr 26 min
- Springville, UT 209 mi · 3 hr 29 min
- Spanish Fork, UT 209 mi · 3 hr 29 min
- Provo, UT 213 mi · 3 hr 33 min
- Golden, CO 213 mi · 3 hr 33 min
- Boulder, CO 217 mi · 3 hr 37 min
- Ken Caryl, CO 217 mi · 3 hr 37 min
- Orem, UT 218 mi · 3 hr 38 min
- Columbine, CO 220 mi · 3 hr 40 min
Major cities from Grand Junction, CO
- Denver, CO 227 mi · 3 hr 47 min
- Colorado Springs, CO 233 mi · 3 hr 53 min
- Aurora, CO 236 mi · 3 hr 56 min
- Phoenix, AZ 504 mi · 8 hr
- Los Angeles, CA 741 mi · 11 hr 46 min
- San Diego, CA 755 mi · 11 hr 59 min
- Portland, OR 982 mi · 15 hr 36 min
- Austin, TX 1001 mi · 15 hr 53 min
- Chicago, IL 1291 mi · 20 hr 29 min
- New York City, NY 2115 mi · 33 hr 34 min