Indiana to Kentucky

Distance from Carmel to Louisville/Jefferson County

Straight-line distance

127.2mi

Carmel, IN and Louisville/Jefferson County, KY are 127.2 miles (204.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Carmel, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (168°).

kilometers
204.8
nautical miles
110.6
heading from Carmel
168° SSE
heading from Louisville/Jefferson County
348° NNW
CarmelLouisville/Jefferson County

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Carmel is from Louisville/Jefferson County

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Carmel and Louisville/Jefferson County is 127.2 miles, 204.8 km or 110.6 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 127.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
127.2
Kilometers
204.8
Nautical miles
110.6
Bearing from Carmel
167.6° SSE
Bearing arriving at Louisville/Jefferson County
168.0°
Bearing from Louisville/Jefferson County
348.0° NNW

Halfway between Carmel and Louisville/Jefferson County

The great-circle midpoint is at 39.065718, -85.894706 (39°03'56.58"N 85°53'40.94"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Seymour, IN, with 22,524 residents, 8.2 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Carmel uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis and Louisville/Jefferson County uses America/Kentucky/Louisville; Louisville/Jefferson County is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Carmel gets 15 h 01 min of daylight and Louisville/Jefferson County 14 h 49 min; on December 21, 9 h 20 min and 9 h 31 min. Carmel is 1.80° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Louisville/Jefferson County has 6.2 times the population of Carmel. From July 2020 to July 2024, Carmel changed by +3.7% and Louisville/Jefferson County by +1.4%. The trip crosses from Indiana into Kentucky.

  1. 01Carmel, IN103,606 (+3.7%)
  2. 02Louisville/Jefferson County, KY640,796 (+1.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Carmel from Louisville/Jefferson County?

127.2 miles, 204.8 km or 110.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Louisville/Jefferson County from Carmel?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Carmel on a bearing of 167.6° and arrives at Louisville/Jefferson County on 168.0°. The return trip starts on 348.0°.

What is halfway between Carmel and Louisville/Jefferson County?

The midpoint is at 39.065718, -85.894706. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Seymour, IN, 8.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Carmel and Louisville/Jefferson County?

Carmel uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis and Louisville/Jefferson County uses America/Kentucky/Louisville; Louisville/Jefferson County is the same clock time all year.

Which is bigger, Carmel or Louisville/Jefferson County?

Louisville/Jefferson County, with 640,796 residents in July 2024 against 103,606 for Carmel, 6.2 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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