Tennessee

Distance from Clarksville to Murfreesboro

Straight-line distance

71.3mi

Clarksville, TN and Murfreesboro, TN are 71.3 miles (114.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Clarksville, the shortest path starts out heading SE (133°).

kilometers
114.7
nautical miles
61.9
heading from Clarksville
133° SE
heading from Murfreesboro
314° NW
ClarksvilleMurfreesboro

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

How far Clarksville is from Murfreesboro

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Clarksville and Murfreesboro is 71.3 miles, 114.7 km or 61.9 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 71.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
71.3
Kilometers
114.7
Nautical miles
61.9
Bearing from Clarksville
133.4° SE
Bearing arriving at Murfreesboro
134.0°
Bearing from Murfreesboro
314.0° NW

Halfway between Clarksville and Murfreesboro

The great-circle midpoint is at 36.211038, -86.881097 (36°12'39.74"N 86°52'51.95"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Nashville-Davidson, TN, with 704,963 residents, 6.0 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 Murfreesboro 14 h 36 min; on December 21, 9 h 40 min and 9 h 44 min. Clarksville is 0.71° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Clarksville has 1.1 times the population of Murfreesboro. From July 2020 to July 2024, Clarksville changed by +10.8% and Murfreesboro by +9.5%. Both are in Tennessee.

  1. 01Clarksville, TN185,690 (+10.8%)
  2. 02Murfreesboro, TN168,387 (+9.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Clarksville from Murfreesboro?

71.3 miles, 114.7 km or 61.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Murfreesboro from Clarksville?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Clarksville on a bearing of 133.4° and arrives at Murfreesboro on 134.0°. The return trip starts on 314.0°.

What is halfway between Clarksville and Murfreesboro?

The midpoint is at 36.211038, -86.881097. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Nashville-Davidson, TN, 6.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Clarksville and Murfreesboro?

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

Which is bigger, Clarksville or Murfreesboro?

Clarksville, with 185,690 residents in July 2024 against 168,387 for Murfreesboro, 1.1 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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