Tennessee to Georgia

Distance from Chattanooga to Sandy Springs

Straight-line distance

93.0mi

Chattanooga, TN and Sandy Springs, GA are 93.0 miles (149.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Chattanooga, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (147°).

kilometers
149.7
nautical miles
80.8
heading from Chattanooga
147° SSE
heading from Sandy Springs
328° NNW
ChattanoogaSandy Springs

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

How far Chattanooga is from Sandy Springs

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Chattanooga and Sandy Springs is 93.0 miles, 149.7 km or 80.8 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 93.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
93.0
Kilometers
149.7
Nautical miles
80.8
Bearing from Chattanooga
147.2° SSE
Bearing arriving at Sandy Springs
147.7°
Bearing from Sandy Springs
327.7° NNW

Halfway between Chattanooga and Sandy Springs

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.499538, -84.805658 (34°29'58.34"N 84°48'20.37"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Calhoun, GA, with 19,592 residents, 7.3 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/New_York, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Chattanooga gets 14 h 31 min of daylight and Sandy Springs 14 h 25 min; on December 21, 9 h 48 min and 9 h 54 min. Chattanooga is 1.13° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Chattanooga has 1.8 times the population of Sandy Springs. From July 2020 to July 2024, Chattanooga changed by +5.1% and Sandy Springs by -2.5%. The trip crosses from Tennessee into Georgia.

  1. 01Chattanooga, TN191,496 (+5.1%)
  2. 02Sandy Springs, GA105,505 (-2.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Chattanooga from Sandy Springs?

93.0 miles, 149.7 km or 80.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sandy Springs from Chattanooga?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Chattanooga on a bearing of 147.2° and arrives at Sandy Springs on 147.7°. The return trip starts on 327.7°.

What is halfway between Chattanooga and Sandy Springs?

The midpoint is at 34.499538, -84.805658. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Calhoun, GA, 7.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Chattanooga and Sandy Springs?

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

Which is bigger, Chattanooga or Sandy Springs?

Chattanooga, with 191,496 residents in July 2024 against 105,505 for Sandy Springs, 1.8 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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