How far is Chico, CA from Lincoln, ENG?

The driving distance from Chico, CA to Lincoln, ENG is about 3390.3 miles (5456.1 km), with a travel time of about 61h 25m by car.

  • The straight-line flight distance is about 5124.7 miles (8247.4 km).
  • For a round trip, plan for roughly 122h 50m of driving time before adding stops, traffic, or weather delays.
  • A comfortable departure window is usually 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM PDT.
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Quick Snapshot
Road
3390.29 mi
61h 25m
Flight
5124.68 mi
8247.37 km direct

This drive is better planned with a longer stop or an overnight stay.

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Flight Distance

Direct air line
5124.68 mi
Kilometers
8247.37 km
Flight Time
10h 18m

Driving Distance

Road route
3390.29 mi
Kilometers
5456.14 km
Drive Time
61h 25m

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Leave and Arrive Planner

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Drive time stays fixed at 61h 25m.

Arrival Snapshot
Arrive in Lincoln
Sun, Oct 18, 10:46 AM BST
Return by in Chico
Tue, Oct 20, 4:11 PM PDT
Useful when you're deciding between a quick errand, a day trip, or a longer stop.
Leave Chico
2026-10-15T13:20
Arrive Lincoln
Sun, Oct 18, 2:46 AM PDT
Route Timing
61h 25m
One way by road
Best Departure Window
6:00 AM to 7:30 AM PDT
Treat this as a longer travel day
Arrive between
3:25 AM to 4:55 AM BST

Starting early still helps, but most travelers will want a longer stop or an overnight stay on a route this long.

Leave by
9:10 AM PDT
Keeps a same-day return open with about 08h 00m at the destination.
Back in Chico
8:00 PM PDT
Overnight-style route

You are leaving earlier than the recommended window, which gives you extra margin for breaks and traffic.

Halfway Point

A useful midpoint for breaks, coffee, or meeting in the middle.

Mid-route stop
Adair
IA

City in Adair and Guthrie Counties in the US state of Iowa

From Chico
1654.1 mi
30h 42m
To Lincoln
1736.2 mi
30h 42m

Route Weather Snapshot

Check the forecast at both ends before you head out.

Origin
92°F
Today

Sunny

Starts
Thu, Oct 15 8:00 AM PDT
Wind
8 to 12 mph NNW
Destination

Forecast data is not available for this endpoint yet.

Driving Route Map

The map below follows the saved road route between Chico and Lincoln.

Turn-by-Turn Driving Directions

Step-by-step road directions between Chico and Lincoln.

  1. 1

    Start on East 5th Street

    158 m · 30 sec · East 5th Street

  2. 2

    Turn left onto Broadway Street

    994 ft · 49 sec · Broadway Street

  3. 3

    Turn slight left onto Oroville Avenue

    818 ft · 18 sec · Oroville Avenue

  4. 4

    Continue on Park Avenue

    1.3 mi · 3 min · Park Avenue

  5. 5

    Continue on East Park Avenue

    2627 ft · 56 sec · East Park Avenue

  6. 6

    Take the ramp slight right

    2452 ft · 32 sec

  7. 7

    Merge slight left

    8 mi · 9 min

  8. 8

    Keep slight left to continue on Oroville, Marysville

    5.5 mi · 6 min

  9. 9

    Merge slight right

    19.1 mi · 22 min

  10. 10

    Continue straight

    7.1 mi · 8 min

  11. 11

    Turn left onto Woodruff Lane

    5.1 mi · 9 min · Woodruff Lane

  12. 12

    At the end of the road, turn left onto Browns Valley Road

    13.9 mi · 19 min · Browns Valley Road

  13. 13

    Continue straight

    12 mi · 16 min

  14. 14

    Take the exit left

    1037 ft · 15 sec

  15. 15

    Merge slight left onto Golden Center Freeway

    4.8 mi · 6 min · Golden Center Freeway

  16. 16

    Continue on Golden Center Expressway

    26.7 mi · 37 min · Golden Center Expressway

  17. 17

    Merge slight left onto Alan S. Hart Freeway

    18.4 mi · 21 min · Alan S. Hart Freeway

  18. 18

    Take the exit slight right toward Donner Lake

    2253 ft · 30 sec

  19. 19

    Merge slight left onto Alan S. Hart Freeway

    23.6 mi · 27 min · Alan S. Hart Freeway

  20. 20

    Continue on Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway

    530.1 mi · 8 hr 39 min · Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway

  21. 21

    Keep slight left to continue on I 80 East, I 15 South: Cheyenne, Las Vegas

    1715 ft · 42 sec

  22. 22

    Merge slight left onto Veterans Memorial Highway

    2.3 mi · 2 min · Veterans Memorial Highway

  23. 23

    Keep slight right to continue on Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway

    434 mi · 7 hr 10 min · Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway

  24. 24

    Continue on Purple Heart Trail

    621 mi · 10 hr 36 min · Purple Heart Trail

  25. 25

    Keep slight right to continue on I 35, I 80 East: Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City

    14.4 mi · 17 min

  26. 26

    Keep slight left

    152.3 mi · 2 hr 45 min

  27. 27

    Take the exit slight right toward I 280 East, US 6 East, US 61 South: Rock Island, Moline

    13.2 mi · 16 min

  28. 28

    Continue straight

    13.9 mi · 15 min

  29. 29

    Keep slight left

    2239 ft · 27 sec

  30. 30

    Merge slight left

    144.9 mi · 2 hr 40 min

  31. 31

    Keep slight left

    23.6 mi · 32 min

  32. 32

    Take the exit slight right toward I 80 East, I 90

    1.4 km · 2 min

  33. 33

    Keep slight right to continue on I 80 East, I 90 East: Ohio, Indiana Toll Road East

    1438 ft · 49 sec

  34. 34

    Merge slight left onto Indiana Toll Road

    135.9 mi · 2 hr 27 min · Indiana Toll Road

  35. 35

    Continue on Ohio Turnpike

    141.9 mi · 2 hr 32 min · Ohio Turnpike

  36. 36

    Keep slight left to continue on Ohio Turnpike

    9.2 mi · 10 min · Ohio Turnpike

  37. 37

    Keep slight left to continue on Ohio Turnpike

    67.1 mi · 1 hr 12 min · Ohio Turnpike

  38. 38

    Take the exit slight right toward I 80 East

    1.4 km · 2 min

  39. 39

    Keep slight left to continue on I 80 East, CR 18: Youngstown, Mahoning Avenue

    1328 ft · 32 sec

  40. 40

    Keep slight left to continue on I 80 East: Youngstown

    4.5 mi · 6 min

  41. 41

    Keep slight left

    272.8 mi · 4 hr 55 min

  42. 42

    Take the exit slight left toward I 81 North: Wilkes-Barre

    1.1 km · 1 min

  43. 43

    Merge slight left

    34.7 mi · 42 min

  44. 44

    Take the exit slight right toward I-84 east, US 6 east

    2101 ft · 51 sec

  45. 45

    Keep slight left

    1448 ft · 35 sec

  46. 46

    Keep slight right to continue on I 84 East, I 380 South: Mt Pocono, Milford

    2050 ft · 39 sec

  47. 47

    Merge slight left

    3.4 mi · 4 min

  48. 48

    Keep slight left to continue on I 84 East: Milford

    129.1 mi · 2 hr 33 min

  49. 49

    Keep slight right to continue on Waterbury

    42.7 mi · 51 min

  50. 50

    Keep slight right

    14.2 mi · 19 min

  51. 51

    Keep slight left

    2.3 mi · 3 min

  52. 52

    Keep slight left to continue on I 84 East: Boston

    39.7 mi · 46 min

  53. 53

    Merge slight left onto Massachusetts Turnpike

    27.4 mi · 32 min · Massachusetts Turnpike

  54. 54

    Take the exit slight right toward I 495: Portsmouth New Hampshire, Taunton

    1119 ft · 38 sec

  55. 55

    Keep slight left to continue on I 495 North: Lowell, Portsmouth New Hampshire

    1126 ft · 34 sec

  56. 56

    Keep slight left to continue on I 495 North: Lowell, Portsmouth NH

    3219 ft · 1 min

  57. 57

    Merge slight left

    62.8 mi · 1 hr 13 min

  58. 58

    Merge slight left

    6.7 mi · 8 min

  59. 59

    Keep slight left to continue on Blue Star Turnpike

    7.8 mi · 9 min · Blue Star Turnpike

  60. 60

    Keep slight right to continue on Blue Star Turnpike

    46.4 mi · 51 min · Blue Star Turnpike

  61. 61

    Keep slight right to continue on Downtown Portland

    52.5 mi · 1 hr 1 min

  62. 62

    Merge slight left onto Maine Turnpike

    9.8 mi · 11 min · Maine Turnpike

  63. 63

    Take the exit slight right toward ME 3: Augusta, Belfast

    767 ft · 26 sec

  64. 64

    Keep slight right

    834 ft · 20 sec

  65. 65

    Merge slight left onto Augusta Bypass

    2.5 mi · 4 min · Augusta Bypass

  66. 66

    Continue on North Belfast Avenue

    8.1 mi · 12 min · North Belfast Avenue

  67. 67

    Continue on Belfast Road

    1077 ft · 17 sec · Belfast Road

  68. 68

    Continue on Route 3

    17.6 mi · 21 min · Route 3

  69. 69

    Continue on Acadia Highway

    4 mi · 4 min · Acadia Highway

  70. 70

    Continue on Belfast Augusta Road West

    3.4 mi · 4 min · Belfast Augusta Road West

  71. 71

    Continue on Augusta Road

    4.8 mi · 5 min · Augusta Road

  72. 72

    Continue on Belmont Avenue

    4 mi · 5 min · Belmont Avenue

  73. 73

    Take the exit left

    1586 ft · 44 sec

  74. 74

    Merge slight left onto Route 1

    1.1 km · 1 min · Route 1

  75. 75

    Continue on Searsport Avenue

    2.7 mi · 5 min · Searsport Avenue

  76. 76

    Continue on West Main Street

    7 mi · 8 min · West Main Street

  77. 77

    Keep slight right to continue on East Main Street

    6.3 mi · 8 min · East Main Street

  78. 78

    Continue on US Highway 1

    1.2 mi · 3 min · US Highway 1

  79. 79

    Continue on Route 1

    155 m · 12 sec · Route 1

  80. 80

    Continue on Route 1

    1 mi · 1 min · Route 1

  81. 81

    Continue on Acadia Highway

    9.4 mi · 11 min · Acadia Highway

  82. 82

    Continue on Bucksport Road

    8.5 mi · 10 min · Bucksport Road

  83. 83

    Continue on West Main Street

    1116 ft · 17 sec · West Main Street

  84. 84

    Turn right onto Water Street

    1.1 km · 1 min · Water Street

  85. 85

    Turn left onto Foster Street

    2227 ft · 1 min · Foster Street

  86. 86

    Turn right onto High Street

    1615 ft · 43 sec · High Street

  87. 87

    Turn left

    30.6 mi · 46 min

  88. 88

    Turn right onto Bridge Street

    1721 ft · 29 sec · Bridge Street

  89. 89

    Continue on Kennedy Highway

    4.1 mi · 6 min · Kennedy Highway

  90. 90

    Continue on US Highway 1A

    3 mi · 5 min · US Highway 1A

  91. 91

    Continue on Kennedy Highway

    1084 ft · 18 sec · Kennedy Highway

  92. 92

    Continue on Main Street

    2784 ft · 47 sec · Main Street

  93. 93

    Continue on Route 1

    14 mi · 21 min · Route 1

  94. 94

    Continue on Harrington Road

    3.3 mi · 5 min · Harrington Road

  95. 95

    Continue on Outer Dublin Street

    1249 ft · 21 sec · Outer Dublin Street

  96. 96

    Continue on Dublin Street

    2.3 mi · 3 min · Dublin Street

  97. 97

    Continue on Main Street

    4.3 mi · 6 min · Main Street

  98. 98

    Turn slight left onto Main Street

    3.1 mi · 5 min · Main Street

  99. 99

    Continue on Route 1

    9.5 mi · 13 min · Route 1

  100. 100

    Turn right onto Lubec Road

    1 km · 2 min · Lubec Road

  101. 101

    Continue on County Road

    9.3 mi · 14 min · County Road

  102. 102

    Continue on Main Street

    1.3 km · 2 min · Main Street

  103. 103

    Turn right onto Washington Street

    1900 ft · 38 sec · Washington Street

  104. 104

    Continue on State Route 189

    154 m · 10 sec · State Route 189

  105. 105

    Continue on FDR International Memorial Bridge

    880 ft · 18 sec · FDR International Memorial Bridge

  106. 106

    Continue straight

    130 m · 8 sec

  107. 107

    Keep slight left to continue on Route 774

    2.5 mi · 4 min · Route 774

  108. 108

    Continue on Route 774

    3 mi · 5 min · Route 774

  109. 109

    Arrive at your destination

    0 m · 1 sec · Route 774

Car Route Details

A richer read on the saved driving route between Chico and Lincoln.

OSRM road route
Drive Character

Long-distance drive

This route is long enough that fuel, rest stops, weather, and timing matter more than any single maneuver.

Directions
109 steps
19 turns on the saved route
Ramps & Exits
27
16 merges, 11 ramps or exits
Navigation Density
3.2 / 100 mi
Decision points by distance
Main Roads
Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway
964 mi · 28%
Purple Heart Trail
621 mi · 18%
I 80 East
280 mi · 8%
Ohio Turnpike
218 mi · 6%
I 280 East
196 mi · 6%
I 84 East
173 mi · 5%
Longest Stretch

Purple Heart Trail

Continue on Purple Heart Trail

621 mi · 10h 36m

Route Summary

A quick read on whether this route feels easy, ambitious, or worth planning around.

Trip Read

Better with a longer stop

This route is long enough that most travelers will be better off planning an overnight stay or a more deliberate stop window.

Drive Time
61h 25m
Overnight route
Same-Day Return
122h 50m
Round-trip wheel time
Road vs Air
+0 mi
5124.7 mi direct line
Halfway Stop
Adair
30h 42m from Chico
Leave By
9:10 AM PDT
Overnight-style route
Weather Watch

Sunny near Chico.

Trip Questions

Direct answers travelers usually want before committing to the drive.

How long does it take to drive from Chico to Lincoln?

The road trip is about 3390.3 miles (5456.1 km) and usually takes 61h 25m in normal driving conditions.

Is this a same-day trip or an overnight route?

This route is long enough that most travelers will be better off planning an overnight stay or a more deliberate stop window.

What is the halfway point on this route?

Adair is a useful midpoint, sitting about 1654.1 miles from Chico and 1736.2 miles from Lincoln.

How much longer is the road route than the straight-line distance?

The direct path is about 5124.7 miles (8247.4 km), while the road route adds roughly 0 extra miles because roads do not follow the straight air line.

When is the best time to leave for this route?

A good departure window is usually 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM PDT. Starting early still helps, but most travelers will want a longer stop or an overnight stay on a route this long.

How much will gas cost for this route?

Using about 28.3 MPG, regular gas is estimated at $749.00 one way or $1,498.01 round trip. Estimated CO2 is about 1063.2 kg one way.

Do you cross a time zone on this route?

Yes. There is about a 8 hour time difference between Chico and Lincoln, so arrival and return times should be read in local time.

What should you check before leaving?

Before leaving, the latest forecast around Chico is Sunny.

Stop Ideas Near Adair

Useful break, food, and waypoint ideas within about 15 miles of the route midpoint.

Mid-route Guidance
Local place coverage is thin around Adair, so nearby transit and meeting points are shown instead.
Reviewed stop coverage is still thin around this midpoint, so practical transit waypoints are shown on the right.

Transit and Meeting Points

Useful pickup, handoff, or rendezvous points close to Adair.

RAIL

Creston

55 mi away
Pine and Adams Avenue
RAIL

Osceola

90 mi away
Main & East Clay Streets
RAIL

Omaha

111 mi away
1003 S. 9th Street

Flight Path Map

This map shows the direct air route between Chico and Lincoln. Straight-line distance: 5124.68 mi (8247.37 km).

Chico

#1 Chico

The most populous city in Butte County, California.

Population102,867
Coordinates39.7284900, -121.8374800
Altitude60
CountryUnited States
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#2 Lincoln

Cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England, UK

Population114,879
Coordinates53.2268300, -0.5379200
Altitude-
CountryUnited Kingdom
Start: Chico (-121.83748, 39.72849)
End: Lincoln (-0.53792, 53.22683)

Estimated Travel Time

Distance: 5456 km by road

SpeedTime
30 mph (48.3 km/h)112h 57m
40 mph (64.37 km/h)84h 45m
50 mph (80.47 km/h)67h 48m
60 mph (96.56 km/h)56h 30m
70 mph (112.65 km/h)48h 26m
80 mph (129 km/h)42h 17m

Fuel, Round Trip and CO2

Estimated fuel cost and emissions for this route.

One-way fuel
119.63 gal
452.86 L · about $749.00
Round trip
$1,498.01
239.26 gal · 905.72 L
Estimated CO2
1063.2 kg one way
Round trip: 2126.3 kg / 4688 lb CO2, using regular gasoline.
Fuel$/galOne wayRound trip
Regular gas $6.26 $749.00 $1,498.01
Mid-grade $6.50 $777.48 $1,554.95
Premium $6.69 $800.21 $1,600.41
Diesel $8.41 $1,006.45 $2,012.89

Assumes 8.3 L/100 km (about 28.3 MPG). CO2 is an estimate and varies by vehicle, fuel blend, traffic, and terrain.

Prices in California · Oct 15, 2026

Please keep in mind that there is a 8 hours time gap between Chico, CA and Lincoln, ENG. The current time in Chico is 13:20:47, although it is 21:20:47 in Lincoln.

Distance to Other Cities

How did we calculate? Place names are translated into coordinates. The Haversine formula calculates straight-line distance; driving distance uses road network data.