Tennessee to Missouri

Distance from Clarksville to St. Louis

Straight-line distance

213.6mi

Clarksville, TN and St. Louis, MO are 213.6 miles (343.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Clarksville, the shortest path starts out heading NW (313°).

kilometers
343.8
nautical miles
185.6
heading from Clarksville
313° NW
heading from St. Louis
131° SE
ClarksvilleSt. Louis

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

How far Clarksville is from St. Louis

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Clarksville and St. Louis is 213.6 miles, 343.8 km or 185.6 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 213.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
213.6
Kilometers
343.8
Nautical miles
185.6
Bearing from Clarksville
312.9° NW
Bearing arriving at St. Louis
311.1°
Bearing from St. Louis
131.1° SE

Halfway between Clarksville and St. Louis

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.609916, -88.774732 (37°36'35.70"N 88°46'29.04"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Carrier Mills, IL, with 1,600 residents, 9.6 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 St. Louis 14 h 52 min; on December 21, 9 h 40 min and 9 h 28 min. St. Louis is 2.07° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

St. Louis has 1.5 times the population of Clarksville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Clarksville changed by +10.8% and St. Louis by -6.9%. The trip crosses from Tennessee into Missouri.

  1. 01Clarksville, TN185,690 (+10.8%)
  2. 02St. Louis, MO279,695 (-6.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Clarksville from St. Louis?

213.6 miles, 343.8 km or 185.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is St. Louis from Clarksville?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Clarksville on a bearing of 312.9° and arrives at St. Louis on 311.1°. The return trip starts on 131.1°.

What is halfway between Clarksville and St. Louis?

The midpoint is at 37.609916, -88.774732. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Carrier Mills, IL, 9.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Clarksville and St. Louis?

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

Which is bigger, Clarksville or St. Louis?

St. Louis, with 279,695 residents in July 2024 against 185,690 for Clarksville, 1.5 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.