Florida

Distance from Hialeah to Miami Gardens

Straight-line distance

6.6mi

Hialeah, FL and Miami Gardens, FL are 6.6 miles (10.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Hialeah, the shortest path starts out heading NE (34°).

kilometers
10.6
nautical miles
5.7
heading from Hialeah
34° NE
heading from Miami Gardens
214° SW
HialeahMiami Gardens

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

How far Hialeah is from Miami Gardens

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Hialeah and Miami Gardens is 6.6 miles, 10.6 km or 5.7 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 6.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
6.6
Kilometers
10.6
Nautical miles
5.7
Bearing from Hialeah
34.0° NE
Bearing arriving at Miami Gardens
34.0°
Bearing from Miami Gardens
214.0° SW

Halfway between Hialeah and Miami Gardens

The great-circle midpoint is at 25.909403, -80.273260 (25°54'33.85"N 80°16'23.74"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Opa-locka, FL, with 16,507 residents, 1.3 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/New_York, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Hialeah gets 13 h 45 min of daylight and Miami Gardens 13 h 46 min; on December 21, 10 h 31 min and 10 h 31 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Hialeah has 2.0 times the population of Miami Gardens. From July 2020 to July 2024, Hialeah changed by +5.8% and Miami Gardens by +4.2%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Hialeah, FL235,388 (+5.8%)
  2. 02Miami Gardens, FL116,173 (+4.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Hialeah from Miami Gardens?

6.6 miles, 10.6 km or 5.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Miami Gardens from Hialeah?

NE. The great-circle path leaves Hialeah on a bearing of 34.0° and arrives at Miami Gardens on 34.0°. The return trip starts on 214.0°.

What is halfway between Hialeah and Miami Gardens?

The midpoint is at 25.909403, -80.273260. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Opa-locka, FL, 1.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Hialeah and Miami Gardens?

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

Which is bigger, Hialeah or Miami Gardens?

Hialeah, with 235,388 residents in July 2024 against 116,173 for Miami Gardens, 2.0 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.