Indiana to Kentucky

Distance from Fishers to Louisville/Jefferson County

Straight-line distance

125.3mi

Fishers, IN and Louisville/Jefferson County, KY are 125.3 miles (201.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Fishers, the shortest path starts out heading S (172°).

kilometers
201.7
nautical miles
108.9
heading from Fishers
172° S
heading from Louisville/Jefferson County
352° N
FishersLouisville/Jefferson County

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

How far Fishers is from Louisville/Jefferson County

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fishers and Louisville/Jefferson County is 125.3 miles, 201.7 km or 108.9 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 125.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
125.3
Kilometers
201.7
Nautical miles
108.9
Bearing from Fishers
172.0° S
Bearing arriving at Louisville/Jefferson County
172.2°
Bearing from Louisville/Jefferson County
352.2° N

Halfway between Fishers and Louisville/Jefferson County

The great-circle midpoint is at 39.063710, -85.805858 (39°03'49.36"N 85°48'21.09"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Seymour, IN, with 22,524 residents, 9.3 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 Louisville/Jefferson County uses America/Kentucky/Louisville; Louisville/Jefferson County is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Fishers gets 15 h 01 min of daylight and Louisville/Jefferson County 14 h 49 min; on December 21, 9 h 20 min and 9 h 31 min. Fishers is 1.80° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Louisville/Jefferson County has 6.2 times the population of Fishers. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fishers changed by +4.5% and Louisville/Jefferson County by +1.4%. The trip crosses from Indiana into Kentucky.

  1. 01Fishers, IN103,986 (+4.5%)
  2. 02Louisville/Jefferson County, KY640,796 (+1.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fishers from Louisville/Jefferson County?

125.3 miles, 201.7 km or 108.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Louisville/Jefferson County from Fishers?

S. The great-circle path leaves Fishers on a bearing of 172.0° and arrives at Louisville/Jefferson County on 172.2°. The return trip starts on 352.2°.

What is halfway between Fishers and Louisville/Jefferson County?

The midpoint is at 39.063710, -85.805858. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Seymour, IN, 9.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fishers and Louisville/Jefferson County?

Fishers uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis and Louisville/Jefferson County uses America/Kentucky/Louisville; Louisville/Jefferson County is the same clock time all year.

Which is bigger, Fishers or Louisville/Jefferson County?

Louisville/Jefferson County, with 640,796 residents in July 2024 against 103,986 for Fishers, 6.2 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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