Colorado

Distance from Colorado Springs to Thornton

Straight-line distance

73.4mi

Colorado Springs, CO and Thornton, CO are 73.4 miles (118.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Colorado Springs, the shortest path starts out heading N (353°).

kilometers
118.1
nautical miles
63.8
heading from Colorado Springs
353° N
heading from Thornton
172° S
Colorado SpringsThornton

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

How far Colorado Springs is from Thornton

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Colorado Springs and Thornton is 73.4 miles, 118.1 km or 63.8 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 73.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
73.4
Kilometers
118.1
Nautical miles
63.8
Bearing from Colorado Springs
352.5° N
Bearing arriving at Thornton
352.4°
Bearing from Thornton
172.4° S

Halfway between Colorado Springs and Thornton

The great-circle midpoint is at 39.393885, -104.850368 (39°23'37.99"N 104°51'1.33"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Castle Rock, CO, with 83,213 residents, 1.2 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 Thornton 15 h 00 min; on December 21, 9 h 27 min and 9 h 20 min. Thornton is 1.05° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Colorado Springs has 3.4 times the population of Thornton. From July 2020 to July 2024, Colorado Springs changed by +2.5% and Thornton by +3.2%. Both are in Colorado.

  1. 01Colorado Springs, CO493,554 (+2.5%)
  2. 02Thornton, CO146,689 (+3.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Colorado Springs from Thornton?

73.4 miles, 118.1 km or 63.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Thornton from Colorado Springs?

N. The great-circle path leaves Colorado Springs on a bearing of 352.5° and arrives at Thornton on 352.4°. The return trip starts on 172.4°.

What is halfway between Colorado Springs and Thornton?

The midpoint is at 39.393885, -104.850368. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Castle Rock, CO, 1.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Colorado Springs and Thornton?

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

Which is bigger, Colorado Springs or Thornton?

Colorado Springs, with 493,554 residents in July 2024 against 146,689 for Thornton, 3.4 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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