Colorado

Distance from Denver to Lakewood

Straight-line distance

13.3mi

Denver, CO and Lakewood, CO are 13.3 miles (21.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Denver, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (251°).

kilometers
21.4
nautical miles
11.6
heading from Denver
251° WSW
heading from Lakewood
71° ENE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Denver is from Lakewood

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Denver and Lakewood is 13.3 miles, 21.4 km or 11.6 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 13.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
13.3
Kilometers
21.4
Nautical miles
11.6
Bearing from Denver
251.0° WSW
Bearing arriving at Lakewood
250.8°
Bearing from Lakewood
70.8° ENE

Halfway between Denver and Lakewood

The great-circle midpoint is at 39.730460, -104.999404 (39°43'49.66"N 104°59'57.85"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Edgewater, CO, with 4,880 residents, 3.7 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 Lakewood 14 h 59 min; on December 21, 9 h 21 min and 9 h 22 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Denver has 4.6 times the population of Lakewood. From July 2020 to July 2024, Denver changed by +1.6% and Lakewood by +0.4%. Both are in Colorado.

  1. 01Denver, CO729,019 (+1.6%)
  2. 02Lakewood, CO156,868 (+0.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Denver from Lakewood?

13.3 miles, 21.4 km or 11.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Lakewood from Denver?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Denver on a bearing of 251.0° and arrives at Lakewood on 250.8°. The return trip starts on 70.8°.

What is halfway between Denver and Lakewood?

The midpoint is at 39.730460, -104.999404. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Edgewater, CO, 3.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Denver and Lakewood?

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

Which is bigger, Denver or Lakewood?

Denver, with 729,019 residents in July 2024 against 156,868 for Lakewood, 4.6 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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