Florida

Distance from Coral Springs to Sunrise

Straight-line distance

6.8mi

Coral Springs, FL and Sunrise, FL are 6.8 miles (11.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Coral Springs, the shortest path starts out heading S (181°).

kilometers
11.0
nautical miles
6.0
heading from Coral Springs
181° S
heading from Sunrise
1° N
Coral SpringsSunrise

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

How far Coral Springs is from Sunrise

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Coral Springs and Sunrise is 6.8 miles, 11.0 km or 6.0 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 6.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
6.8
Kilometers
11.0
Nautical miles
6.0
Bearing from Coral Springs
181.2° S
Bearing arriving at Sunrise
181.2°
Bearing from Sunrise
1.2° N

Halfway between Coral Springs and Sunrise

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.221150, -80.260450 (26°13'16.14"N 80°15'37.62"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Tamarac, FL, with 75,147 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/New_York, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Coral Springs gets 13 h 47 min of daylight and Sunrise 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 Sunrise. From July 2020 to July 2024, Coral Springs changed by +4.9% and Sunrise by +3.1%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Coral Springs, FL140,808 (+4.9%)
  2. 02Sunrise, FL100,128 (+3.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Coral Springs from Sunrise?

6.8 miles, 11.0 km or 6.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sunrise from Coral Springs?

S. The great-circle path leaves Coral Springs on a bearing of 181.2° and arrives at Sunrise on 181.2°. The return trip starts on 1.2°.

What is halfway between Coral Springs and Sunrise?

The midpoint is at 26.221150, -80.260450. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Tamarac, FL, 1.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Coral Springs and Sunrise?

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

Which is bigger, Coral Springs or Sunrise?

Coral Springs, with 140,808 residents in July 2024 against 100,128 for Sunrise, 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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