Tennessee

Distance from Chattanooga to Murfreesboro

Straight-line distance

85.6mi

Chattanooga, TN and Murfreesboro, TN are 85.6 miles (137.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Chattanooga, the shortest path starts out heading NW (310°).

kilometers
137.7
nautical miles
74.3
heading from Chattanooga
310° NW
heading from Murfreesboro
129° SE
ChattanoogaMurfreesboro

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

How far Chattanooga is from Murfreesboro

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Chattanooga and Murfreesboro is 85.6 miles, 137.7 km or 74.3 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 85.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
85.6
Kilometers
137.7
Nautical miles
74.3
Bearing from Chattanooga
309.9° NW
Bearing arriving at Murfreesboro
309.2°
Bearing from Murfreesboro
129.2° SE

Halfway between Chattanooga and Murfreesboro

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.461368, -85.831928 (35°27'40.92"N 85°49'54.94"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Altamont, TN, with 1,189 residents, 5.6 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 Murfreesboro uses America/Chicago; Murfreesboro is 1 hour behind all year. On June 21, Chattanooga gets 14 h 31 min of daylight and Murfreesboro 14 h 36 min; on December 21, 9 h 48 min and 9 h 44 min. Murfreesboro is 0.79° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Chattanooga has 1.1 times the population of Murfreesboro. From July 2020 to July 2024, Chattanooga changed by +5.1% and Murfreesboro by +9.5%. Both are in Tennessee.

  1. 01Chattanooga, TN191,496 (+5.1%)
  2. 02Murfreesboro, TN168,387 (+9.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Chattanooga from Murfreesboro?

85.6 miles, 137.7 km or 74.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Murfreesboro from Chattanooga?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Chattanooga on a bearing of 309.9° and arrives at Murfreesboro on 309.2°. The return trip starts on 129.2°.

What is halfway between Chattanooga and Murfreesboro?

The midpoint is at 35.461368, -85.831928. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Altamont, TN, 5.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Chattanooga and Murfreesboro?

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

Which is bigger, Chattanooga or Murfreesboro?

Chattanooga, with 191,496 residents in July 2024 against 168,387 for Murfreesboro, 1.1 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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