Colorado

Distance from Fort Collins to Lakewood

Straight-line distance

58.7mi

Fort Collins, CO and Lakewood, CO are 58.7 miles (94.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Fort Collins, the shortest path starts out heading S (183°).

kilometers
94.5
nautical miles
51.0
heading from Fort Collins
183° S
heading from Lakewood
3° N
Fort CollinsLakewood

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

How far Fort Collins is from Lakewood

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fort Collins and Lakewood is 58.7 miles, 94.5 km or 51.0 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 58.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
58.7
Kilometers
94.5
Nautical miles
51.0
Bearing from Fort Collins
182.7° S
Bearing arriving at Lakewood
182.7°
Bearing from Lakewood
2.7° N

Halfway between Fort Collins and Lakewood

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.123553, -105.091365 (40°07'24.79"N 105°05'28.91"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Longmont, CO, with 99,818 residents, 3.1 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, Fort Collins gets 15 h 05 min of daylight and Lakewood 14 h 59 min; on December 21, 9 h 16 min and 9 h 22 min. Fort Collins is 0.85° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Fort Collins has 1.1 times the population of Lakewood. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fort Collins changed by +0.5% and Lakewood by +0.4%. Both are in Colorado.

  1. 01Fort Collins, CO170,924 (+0.5%)
  2. 02Lakewood, CO156,868 (+0.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fort Collins from Lakewood?

58.7 miles, 94.5 km or 51.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Lakewood from Fort Collins?

S. The great-circle path leaves Fort Collins on a bearing of 182.7° and arrives at Lakewood on 182.7°. The return trip starts on 2.7°.

What is halfway between Fort Collins and Lakewood?

The midpoint is at 40.123553, -105.091365. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Longmont, CO, 3.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fort Collins and Lakewood?

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

Which is bigger, Fort Collins or Lakewood?

Fort Collins, with 170,924 residents in July 2024 against 156,868 for Lakewood, 1.1 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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