Indiana

Distance from Carmel to Fishers

Straight-line distance

9.5mi

Carmel, IN and Fishers, IN are 9.5 miles (15.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Carmel, the shortest path starts out heading E (91°).

kilometers
15.4
nautical miles
8.3
heading from Carmel
91° E
heading from Fishers
272° W
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Carmel is from Fishers

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Carmel and Fishers is 9.5 miles, 15.4 km or 8.3 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 9.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
9.5
Kilometers
15.4
Nautical miles
8.3
Bearing from Carmel
91.5° E
Bearing arriving at Fishers
91.6°
Bearing from Fishers
271.6° W

Halfway between Carmel and Fishers

The great-circle midpoint is at 39.963685, -86.058398 (39°57'49.27"N 86°03'30.23"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Fishers, IN, with 103,986 residents, 4.8 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/Indiana/Indianapolis, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Carmel gets 15 h 01 min of daylight and Fishers 15 h 01 min; on December 21, 9 h 20 min and 9 h 20 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Fishers has 1.0 times the population of Carmel. From July 2020 to July 2024, Carmel changed by +3.7% and Fishers by +4.5%. Both are in Indiana.

  1. 01Carmel, IN103,606 (+3.7%)
  2. 02Fishers, IN103,986 (+4.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Carmel from Fishers?

9.5 miles, 15.4 km or 8.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Fishers from Carmel?

E. The great-circle path leaves Carmel on a bearing of 91.5° and arrives at Fishers on 91.6°. The return trip starts on 271.6°.

What is halfway between Carmel and Fishers?

The midpoint is at 39.963685, -86.058398. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Fishers, IN, 4.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Carmel and Fishers?

Both use America/Indiana/Indianapolis, so there is no time difference.

Which is bigger, Carmel or Fishers?

Fishers, with 103,986 residents in July 2024 against 103,606 for Carmel, 1.0 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.

  1. 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  2. 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  3. 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
  4. 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)

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