Which cities share Winston-Salem’s latitude and longitude?

Directly north, east, south, and west of WS, cities across the world await.

A satellite image of Winston-Salem with blue lines stretching to the sides of the screen north, east, south, and west. The city is labeled with a blue arrow.

Compasses at the ready, we’re going on an adventure. | Screenshot via LatLon Connect

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you walked in a straight line around the world from Winston-Salem? Wonder no longer, wanderer.

Let us introduce you to LatLon Connect, an online tool that allows users to explore cities across the world that share the same latitude and longitude.

Here’s how it works

  • Head to the site and type in any city you like.
  • Follow the blue lines in any direction to see which other cities are highlighted. Those are the ones directly in line with your original destination.
  • Bonus: The settings button at the top of the screen allows users to tweak the results, meaning you can look for cities with smaller or greater populations, and you can expand the buffer distance — altering the number of cities that will show up.
A night time photo of Qingdao's skyline in China. A bunch of high rises and sky scrapers are lit in different colors and their lights are reflected in still water in front. The sun is setting to the far left of screen a while back, and most of the sky is pretty dark blue.

Do you recognize this city? It’s on the same latitude as Winston-Salem, 7,290 miles away. | Photo via Canva

Here’s what we found

In our search, we stuck with the default settings, looking for places with 100,000+ people with a buffer zone of 6.21 miles (that’s 10 kilometers).

Dozens of results popped up, with the most populated place lying on the other side of the world: the Chinese port of Qindgao, pictured above. Over 10 million people call the city’s metropolitan area home.

The largest US city WS is aligned with? Nashville, Tennessee (hey, NASHtoday). We won’t spoil which other cities we found. Explore for yourself.

For more info on Winston-Salem’s international connections, we threw together a guide about our sister cities.

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