Tennessee to Kentucky

Distance from Clarksville to Lexington-Fayette

Straight-line distance

188.5mi

Clarksville, TN and Lexington-Fayette, KY are 188.5 miles (303.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Clarksville, the shortest path starts out heading ENE (56°).

kilometers
303.4
nautical miles
163.8
heading from Clarksville
56° ENE
heading from Lexington-Fayette
238° WSW
ClarksvilleLexington-Fayette

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

How far Clarksville is from Lexington-Fayette

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Clarksville and Lexington-Fayette is 188.5 miles, 303.4 km or 163.8 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 188.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
188.5
Kilometers
303.4
Nautical miles
163.8
Bearing from Clarksville
56.4° ENE
Bearing arriving at Lexington-Fayette
58.2°
Bearing from Lexington-Fayette
238.2° WSW

Halfway between Clarksville and Lexington-Fayette

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.312316, -85.915903 (37°18'44.34"N 85°54'57.25"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Munfordville, KY, with 1,721 residents, 2.5 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Clarksville uses America/Chicago and Lexington-Fayette uses America/New_York; Lexington-Fayette is 1 hour ahead all year. On June 21, Clarksville gets 14 h 40 min of daylight and Lexington-Fayette 14 h 49 min; on December 21, 9 h 40 min and 9 h 31 min. Lexington-Fayette is 1.47° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Lexington-Fayette has 1.8 times the population of Clarksville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Clarksville changed by +10.8% and Lexington-Fayette by +2.1%. The trip crosses from Tennessee into Kentucky.

  1. 01Clarksville, TN185,690 (+10.8%)
  2. 02Lexington-Fayette, KY329,437 (+2.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Clarksville from Lexington-Fayette?

188.5 miles, 303.4 km or 163.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Lexington-Fayette from Clarksville?

ENE. The great-circle path leaves Clarksville on a bearing of 56.4° and arrives at Lexington-Fayette on 58.2°. The return trip starts on 238.2°.

What is halfway between Clarksville and Lexington-Fayette?

The midpoint is at 37.312316, -85.915903. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Munfordville, KY, 2.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Clarksville and Lexington-Fayette?

Clarksville uses America/Chicago and Lexington-Fayette uses America/New_York; Lexington-Fayette is 1 hour ahead all year.

Which is bigger, Clarksville or Lexington-Fayette?

Lexington-Fayette, with 329,437 residents in July 2024 against 185,690 for Clarksville, 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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