Colorado

Distance from Colorado Springs to Lakewood

Straight-line distance

60.5mi

Colorado Springs, CO and Lakewood, CO are 60.5 miles (97.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Colorado Springs, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (342°).

kilometers
97.4
nautical miles
52.6
heading from Colorado Springs
342° NNW
heading from Lakewood
162° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Colorado Springs is from Lakewood

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Colorado Springs and Lakewood is 60.5 miles, 97.4 km or 52.6 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 60.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
60.5
Kilometers
97.4
Nautical miles
52.6
Bearing from Colorado Springs
341.7° NNW
Bearing arriving at Lakewood
341.5°
Bearing from Lakewood
161.5° SSE

Halfway between Colorado Springs and Lakewood

The great-circle midpoint is at 39.283236, -104.938091 (39°16'59.65"N 104°56'17.13"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Castle Rock, CO, with 83,213 residents, 7.9 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/Denver, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Colorado Springs gets 14 h 54 min of daylight and Lakewood 14 h 59 min; on December 21, 9 h 27 min and 9 h 22 min. Lakewood is 0.83° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Colorado Springs has 3.1 times the population of Lakewood. From July 2020 to July 2024, Colorado Springs changed by +2.5% and Lakewood by +0.4%. Both are in Colorado.

  1. 01Colorado Springs, CO493,554 (+2.5%)
  2. 02Lakewood, CO156,868 (+0.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Colorado Springs from Lakewood?

60.5 miles, 97.4 km or 52.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Lakewood from Colorado Springs?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Colorado Springs on a bearing of 341.7° and arrives at Lakewood on 341.5°. The return trip starts on 161.5°.

What is halfway between Colorado Springs and Lakewood?

The midpoint is at 39.283236, -104.938091. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Castle Rock, CO, 7.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Colorado Springs and Lakewood?

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

Which is bigger, Colorado Springs or Lakewood?

Colorado Springs, with 493,554 residents in July 2024 against 156,868 for Lakewood, 3.1 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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