Florida

Distance from Coral Springs to Plantation

Straight-line distance

10.0mi

Coral Springs, FL and Plantation, FL are 10.0 miles (16.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Coral Springs, the shortest path starts out heading S (181°).

kilometers
16.1
nautical miles
8.7
heading from Coral Springs
181° S
heading from Plantation
1° N
Coral SpringsPlantation

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

How far Coral Springs is from Plantation

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Coral Springs and Plantation is 10.0 miles, 16.1 km or 8.7 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 10.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
10.0
Kilometers
16.1
Nautical miles
8.7
Bearing from Coral Springs
180.9° S
Bearing arriving at Plantation
180.9°
Bearing from Plantation
0.9° N

Halfway between Coral Springs and Plantation

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.198150, -80.260551 (26°11'53.34"N 80°15'37.98"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Tamarac, FL, with 75,147 residents, 0.4 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/New_York, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Coral Springs gets 13 h 47 min of daylight and Plantation 13 h 47 min; on December 21, 10 h 30 min and 10 h 30 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Coral Springs has 1.4 times the population of Plantation. From July 2020 to July 2024, Coral Springs changed by +4.9% and Plantation by +9.3%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Coral Springs, FL140,808 (+4.9%)
  2. 02Plantation, FL100,694 (+9.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Coral Springs from Plantation?

10.0 miles, 16.1 km or 8.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Plantation from Coral Springs?

S. The great-circle path leaves Coral Springs on a bearing of 180.9° and arrives at Plantation on 180.9°. The return trip starts on 0.9°.

What is halfway between Coral Springs and Plantation?

The midpoint is at 26.198150, -80.260551. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Tamarac, FL, 0.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Coral Springs and Plantation?

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

Which is bigger, Coral Springs or Plantation?

Coral Springs, with 140,808 residents in July 2024 against 100,694 for Plantation, 1.4 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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