Colorado

Distance from Denver to Fort Collins

Straight-line distance

55.2mi

Denver, CO and Fort Collins, CO are 55.2 miles (88.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Denver, the shortest path starts out heading N (350°).

kilometers
88.8
nautical miles
48.0
heading from Denver
350° N
heading from Fort Collins
170° S
DenverFort Collins

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

How far Denver is from Fort Collins

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Denver and Fort Collins is 55.2 miles, 88.8 km or 48.0 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 55.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
55.2
Kilometers
88.8
Nautical miles
48.0
Bearing from Denver
349.9° N
Bearing arriving at Fort Collins
349.8°
Bearing from Fort Collins
169.8° S

Halfway between Denver and Fort Collins

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.155086, -104.972418 (40°09'18.31"N 104°58'20.71"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Firestone, CO, with 19,396 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, Denver gets 14 h 59 min of daylight and Fort Collins 15 h 05 min; on December 21, 9 h 21 min and 9 h 16 min. Fort Collins is 0.79° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Denver has 4.3 times the population of Fort Collins. From July 2020 to July 2024, Denver changed by +1.6% and Fort Collins by +0.5%. Both are in Colorado.

  1. 01Denver, CO729,019 (+1.6%)
  2. 02Fort Collins, CO170,924 (+0.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Denver from Fort Collins?

55.2 miles, 88.8 km or 48.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Fort Collins from Denver?

N. The great-circle path leaves Denver on a bearing of 349.9° and arrives at Fort Collins on 349.8°. The return trip starts on 169.8°.

What is halfway between Denver and Fort Collins?

The midpoint is at 40.155086, -104.972418. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Firestone, CO, 1.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Denver and Fort Collins?

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

Which is bigger, Denver or Fort Collins?

Denver, with 729,019 residents in July 2024 against 170,924 for Fort Collins, 4.3 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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