Colorado
Distance from Arvada to Fort Collins
Straight-line distance
49.6mi
Arvada, CO and Fort Collins, CO are 49.6 miles (79.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Arvada, the shortest path starts out heading N (5°).
- kilometers
- 79.8
- nautical miles
- 43.1
- heading from Arvada
- 5° N
- heading from Fort Collins
- 185° S
Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders
How far Arvada is from Fort Collins
The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Arvada and Fort Collins is 49.6 miles, 79.8 km or 43.1 nautical miles. That is the shortest path over the Earth's surface, computed with the haversine formula on a sphere with the mean Earth radius, 6,371.0 km. A course held on one compass bearing (a rhumb line) would be 49.6 miles, practically the same at this range.
Measurements
- Miles
- 49.6
- Kilometers
- 79.8
- Nautical miles
- 43.1
- Bearing from Arvada
- 5.2° N
- Bearing arriving at Fort Collins
- 5.3°
- Bearing from Fort Collins
- 185.3° S
Halfway between Arvada and Fort Collins
The great-circle midpoint is at 40.190958, -105.107775 (40°11'27.45"N 105°06'27.99"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Longmont, CO, with 99,818 residents, 1.6 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.
Time zones and daylight
Both use America/Denver, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Arvada gets 15 h 00 min of daylight and Fort Collins 15 h 05 min; on December 21, 9 h 21 min and 9 h 16 min. Fort Collins is 0.71° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.
Population compared
Fort Collins has 1.4 times the population of Arvada. From July 2020 to July 2024, Arvada changed by -2.0% and Fort Collins by +0.5%. Both are in Colorado.
- 01Arvada, CO121,873 (-2.0%)
- 02Fort Collins, CO170,924 (+0.5%)
Questions people ask
How far is Arvada from Fort Collins?
49.6 miles, 79.8 km or 43.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.
Which direction is Fort Collins from Arvada?
N. The great-circle path leaves Arvada on a bearing of 5.2° and arrives at Fort Collins on 5.3°. The return trip starts on 185.3°.
What is halfway between Arvada and Fort Collins?
The midpoint is at 40.190958, -105.107775. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Longmont, CO, 1.6 miles from it.
Is there a time difference between Arvada and Fort Collins?
Both use America/Denver, so there is no time difference.
Which is bigger, Arvada or Fort Collins?
Fort Collins, with 170,924 residents in July 2024 against 121,873 for Arvada, 1.4 times as many.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and Vintage 2024 estimates; time zones from Open-Meteo.
- 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
- 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.