Tennessee to Alabama

Distance from Clarksville to Huntsville

Straight-line distance

134.5mi

Clarksville, TN and Huntsville, AL are 134.5 miles (216.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Clarksville, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (164°).

kilometers
216.4
nautical miles
116.8
heading from Clarksville
164° SSE
heading from Huntsville
344° NNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Clarksville is from Huntsville

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Clarksville and Huntsville is 134.5 miles, 216.4 km or 116.8 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 134.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
134.5
Kilometers
216.4
Nautical miles
116.8
Bearing from Clarksville
163.6° SSE
Bearing arriving at Huntsville
164.0°
Bearing from Huntsville
344.0° NNW

Halfway between Clarksville and Huntsville

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.632512, -87.007043 (35°37'57.04"N 87°00'25.35"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Columbia, TN, with 48,812 residents, 2.1 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 Huntsville 14 h 29 min; on December 21, 9 h 40 min and 9 h 50 min. Clarksville is 1.87° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Huntsville has 1.2 times the population of Clarksville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Clarksville changed by +10.8% and Huntsville by +6.5%. The trip crosses from Tennessee into Alabama.

  1. 01Clarksville, TN185,690 (+10.8%)
  2. 02Huntsville, AL230,402 (+6.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Clarksville from Huntsville?

134.5 miles, 216.4 km or 116.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Huntsville from Clarksville?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Clarksville on a bearing of 163.6° and arrives at Huntsville on 164.0°. The return trip starts on 344.0°.

What is halfway between Clarksville and Huntsville?

The midpoint is at 35.632512, -87.007043. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Columbia, TN, 2.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Clarksville and Huntsville?

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

Which is bigger, Clarksville or Huntsville?

Huntsville, with 230,402 residents in July 2024 against 185,690 for Clarksville, 1.2 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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