Tennessee to Indiana

Distance from Clarksville to Evansville

Straight-line distance

98.8mi

Clarksville, TN and Evansville, IN are 98.8 miles (158.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Clarksville, the shortest path starts out heading N (354°).

kilometers
158.9
nautical miles
85.8
heading from Clarksville
354° N
heading from Evansville
174° S
ClarksvilleEvansville

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

How far Clarksville is from Evansville

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Clarksville and Evansville is 98.8 miles, 158.9 km or 85.8 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 98.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
98.8
Kilometers
158.9
Nautical miles
85.8
Bearing from Clarksville
354.0° N
Bearing arriving at Evansville
353.9°
Bearing from Evansville
173.9° S

Halfway between Clarksville and Evansville

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.277088, -87.439055 (37°16'37.52"N 87°26'20.60"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Earlington, KY, with 1,257 residents, 3.7 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Clarksville gets 14 h 40 min of daylight and Evansville 14 h 48 min; on December 21, 9 h 40 min and 9 h 32 min. Evansville is 1.42° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Clarksville has 1.6 times the population of Evansville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Clarksville changed by +10.8% and Evansville by -1.7%. The trip crosses from Tennessee into Indiana.

  1. 01Clarksville, TN185,690 (+10.8%)
  2. 02Evansville, IN115,395 (-1.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Clarksville from Evansville?

98.8 miles, 158.9 km or 85.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Evansville from Clarksville?

N. The great-circle path leaves Clarksville on a bearing of 354.0° and arrives at Evansville on 353.9°. The return trip starts on 173.9°.

What is halfway between Clarksville and Evansville?

The midpoint is at 37.277088, -87.439055. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Earlington, KY, 3.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Clarksville and Evansville?

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

Which is bigger, Clarksville or Evansville?

Clarksville, with 185,690 residents in July 2024 against 115,395 for Evansville, 1.6 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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