Florida

Distance from Hollywood to Miramar

Straight-line distance

11.5mi

Hollywood, FL and Miramar, FL are 11.5 miles (18.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Hollywood, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (250°).

kilometers
18.6
nautical miles
10.0
heading from Hollywood
250° WSW
heading from Miramar
69° ENE
HollywoodMiramar

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

How far Hollywood is from Miramar

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Hollywood and Miramar is 11.5 miles, 18.6 km or 10.0 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 11.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
11.5
Kilometers
18.6
Nautical miles
10.0
Bearing from Hollywood
249.5° WSW
Bearing arriving at Miramar
249.5°
Bearing from Miramar
69.5° ENE

Halfway between Hollywood and Miramar

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.001776, -80.251622 (26°00'6.39"N 80°15'5.84"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Miami Gardens, FL, with 116,173 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/New_York, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Hollywood gets 13 h 46 min of daylight and Miramar 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

Hollywood has 1.1 times the population of Miramar. From July 2020 to July 2024, Hollywood changed by +4.1% and Miramar by +6.5%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Hollywood, FL159,073 (+4.1%)
  2. 02Miramar, FL143,242 (+6.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Hollywood from Miramar?

11.5 miles, 18.6 km or 10.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Miramar from Hollywood?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Hollywood on a bearing of 249.5° and arrives at Miramar on 249.5°. The return trip starts on 69.5°.

What is halfway between Hollywood and Miramar?

The midpoint is at 26.001776, -80.251622. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Miami Gardens, FL, 3.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Hollywood and Miramar?

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

Which is bigger, Hollywood or Miramar?

Hollywood, with 159,073 residents in July 2024 against 143,242 for Miramar, 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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