Tennessee to Alabama

Distance from Chattanooga to Tuscaloosa

Straight-line distance

181.7mi

Chattanooga, TN and Tuscaloosa, AL are 181.7 miles (292.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Chattanooga, the shortest path starts out heading SW (226°).

kilometers
292.4
nautical miles
157.9
heading from Chattanooga
226° SW
heading from Tuscaloosa
45° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Chattanooga is from Tuscaloosa

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Chattanooga and Tuscaloosa is 181.7 miles, 292.4 km or 157.9 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 181.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
181.7
Kilometers
292.4
Nautical miles
157.9
Bearing from Chattanooga
226.5° SW
Bearing arriving at Tuscaloosa
225.2°
Bearing from Tuscaloosa
45.2° NE

Halfway between Chattanooga and Tuscaloosa

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.155468, -86.400712 (34°09'19.69"N 86°24'2.56"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Snead, AL, with 1,046 residents, 2.8 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 Tuscaloosa uses America/Chicago; Tuscaloosa is 1 hour behind all year. On June 21, Chattanooga gets 14 h 31 min of daylight and Tuscaloosa 14 h 21 min; on December 21, 9 h 48 min and 9 h 57 min. Chattanooga is 1.83° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Chattanooga has 1.7 times the population of Tuscaloosa. From July 2020 to July 2024, Chattanooga changed by +5.1% and Tuscaloosa by +8.2%. The trip crosses from Tennessee into Alabama.

  1. 01Chattanooga, TN191,496 (+5.1%)
  2. 02Tuscaloosa, AL114,288 (+8.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Chattanooga from Tuscaloosa?

181.7 miles, 292.4 km or 157.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tuscaloosa from Chattanooga?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Chattanooga on a bearing of 226.5° and arrives at Tuscaloosa on 225.2°. The return trip starts on 45.2°.

What is halfway between Chattanooga and Tuscaloosa?

The midpoint is at 34.155468, -86.400712. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Snead, AL, 2.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Chattanooga and Tuscaloosa?

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

Which is bigger, Chattanooga or Tuscaloosa?

Chattanooga, with 191,496 residents in July 2024 against 114,288 for Tuscaloosa, 1.7 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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