Indiana to Kentucky

Distance from Fishers to Lexington-Fayette

Straight-line distance

155.5mi

Fishers, IN and Lexington-Fayette, KY are 155.5 miles (250.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Fishers, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (148°).

kilometers
250.3
nautical miles
135.2
heading from Fishers
148° SSE
heading from Lexington-Fayette
329° NNW
FishersLexington-Fayette

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

How far Fishers is from Lexington-Fayette

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fishers and Lexington-Fayette is 155.5 miles, 250.3 km or 135.2 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 155.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
155.5
Kilometers
250.3
Nautical miles
135.2
Bearing from Fishers
148.1° SSE
Bearing arriving at Lexington-Fayette
149.1°
Bearing from Lexington-Fayette
329.1° NNW

Halfway between Fishers and Lexington-Fayette

The great-circle midpoint is at 39.003683, -85.203098 (39°00'13.26"N 85°12'11.15"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Versailles, IN, with 2,188 residents, 5.0 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Fishers uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis and Lexington-Fayette uses America/New_York; Lexington-Fayette is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Fishers gets 15 h 01 min of daylight and Lexington-Fayette 14 h 49 min; on December 21, 9 h 20 min and 9 h 31 min. Fishers is 1.92° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Lexington-Fayette has 3.2 times the population of Fishers. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fishers changed by +4.5% and Lexington-Fayette by +2.1%. The trip crosses from Indiana into Kentucky.

  1. 01Fishers, IN103,986 (+4.5%)
  2. 02Lexington-Fayette, KY329,437 (+2.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fishers from Lexington-Fayette?

155.5 miles, 250.3 km or 135.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Lexington-Fayette from Fishers?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Fishers on a bearing of 148.1° and arrives at Lexington-Fayette on 149.1°. The return trip starts on 329.1°.

What is halfway between Fishers and Lexington-Fayette?

The midpoint is at 39.003683, -85.203098. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Versailles, IN, 5.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fishers and Lexington-Fayette?

Fishers uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis and Lexington-Fayette uses America/New_York; Lexington-Fayette is the same clock time all year.

Which is bigger, Fishers or Lexington-Fayette?

Lexington-Fayette, with 329,437 residents in July 2024 against 103,986 for Fishers, 3.2 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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