Tennessee

Distance from Clarksville to Memphis

Straight-line distance

178.1mi

Clarksville, TN and Memphis, TN are 178.1 miles (286.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Clarksville, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (236°).

kilometers
286.6
nautical miles
154.8
heading from Clarksville
236° WSW
heading from Memphis
55° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Clarksville is from Memphis

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Clarksville and Memphis is 178.1 miles, 286.6 km or 154.8 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 178.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
178.1
Kilometers
286.6
Nautical miles
154.8
Bearing from Clarksville
236.4° WSW
Bearing arriving at Memphis
234.8°
Bearing from Memphis
54.8° NE

Halfway between Clarksville and Memphis

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.844926, -88.668899 (35°50'41.74"N 88°40'8.04"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Milan, TN, with 8,306 residents, 6.6 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 Memphis 14 h 31 min; on December 21, 9 h 40 min and 9 h 48 min. Clarksville is 1.46° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Memphis has 3.3 times the population of Clarksville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Clarksville changed by +10.8% and Memphis by -2.8%. Both are in Tennessee.

  1. 01Clarksville, TN185,690 (+10.8%)
  2. 02Memphis, TN610,919 (-2.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Clarksville from Memphis?

178.1 miles, 286.6 km or 154.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Memphis from Clarksville?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Clarksville on a bearing of 236.4° and arrives at Memphis on 234.8°. The return trip starts on 54.8°.

What is halfway between Clarksville and Memphis?

The midpoint is at 35.844926, -88.668899. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Milan, TN, 6.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Clarksville and Memphis?

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

Which is bigger, Clarksville or Memphis?

Memphis, with 610,919 residents in July 2024 against 185,690 for Clarksville, 3.3 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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