Tennessee

Distance from Chattanooga to Clarksville

Straight-line distance

156.7mi

Chattanooga, TN and Clarksville, TN are 156.7 miles (252.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Chattanooga, the shortest path starts out heading NW (312°).

kilometers
252.1
nautical miles
136.1
heading from Chattanooga
312° NW
heading from Clarksville
131° SE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Chattanooga is from Clarksville

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Chattanooga and Clarksville is 156.7 miles, 252.1 km or 136.1 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 156.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
156.7
Kilometers
252.1
Nautical miles
136.1
Bearing from Chattanooga
312.0° NW
Bearing arriving at Clarksville
310.8°
Bearing from Clarksville
130.8° SE

Halfway between Chattanooga and Clarksville

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.820752, -86.286892 (35°49'14.71"N 86°17'12.81"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Murfreesboro, TN, with 168,387 residents, 7.9 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Chattanooga uses America/New_York and Clarksville uses America/Chicago; Clarksville is 1 hour behind all year. On June 21, Chattanooga gets 14 h 31 min of daylight and Clarksville 14 h 40 min; on December 21, 9 h 48 min and 9 h 40 min. Clarksville is 1.50° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Chattanooga has 1.0 times the population of Clarksville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Chattanooga changed by +5.1% and Clarksville by +10.8%. Both are in Tennessee.

  1. 01Chattanooga, TN191,496 (+5.1%)
  2. 02Clarksville, TN185,690 (+10.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Chattanooga from Clarksville?

156.7 miles, 252.1 km or 136.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Clarksville from Chattanooga?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Chattanooga on a bearing of 312.0° and arrives at Clarksville on 310.8°. The return trip starts on 130.8°.

What is halfway between Chattanooga and Clarksville?

The midpoint is at 35.820752, -86.286892. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Murfreesboro, TN, 7.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Chattanooga and Clarksville?

Chattanooga uses America/New_York and Clarksville uses America/Chicago; Clarksville is 1 hour behind all year.

Which is bigger, Chattanooga or Clarksville?

Chattanooga, with 191,496 residents in July 2024 against 185,690 for Clarksville, 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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