Alabama to Tennessee

Distance from Huntsville to Nashville-Davidson

Straight-line distance

102.0mi

Huntsville, AL and Nashville-Davidson, TN are 102.0 miles (164.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Huntsville, the shortest path starts out heading N (357°).

kilometers
164.2
nautical miles
88.7
heading from Huntsville
357° N
heading from Nashville-Davidson
177° S
HuntsvilleNashville-Davidson

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

How far Huntsville is from Nashville-Davidson

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Huntsville and Nashville-Davidson is 102.0 miles, 164.2 km or 88.7 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 102.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
102.0
Kilometers
164.2
Nautical miles
88.7
Bearing from Huntsville
356.6° N
Bearing arriving at Nashville-Davidson
356.5°
Bearing from Nashville-Davidson
176.5° S

Halfway between Huntsville and Nashville-Davidson

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.434762, -86.730354 (35°26'5.14"N 86°43'49.28"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lewisburg, TN, with 13,473 residents, 3.6 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Huntsville gets 14 h 29 min of daylight and Nashville-Davidson 14 h 37 min; on December 21, 9 h 50 min and 9 h 42 min. Nashville-Davidson is 1.47° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Nashville-Davidson has 3.1 times the population of Huntsville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Huntsville changed by +6.5% and Nashville-Davidson by +2.2%. The trip crosses from Alabama into Tennessee.

  1. 01Huntsville, AL230,402 (+6.5%)
  2. 02Nashville-Davidson, TN704,963 (+2.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Huntsville from Nashville-Davidson?

102.0 miles, 164.2 km or 88.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Nashville-Davidson from Huntsville?

N. The great-circle path leaves Huntsville on a bearing of 356.6° and arrives at Nashville-Davidson on 356.5°. The return trip starts on 176.5°.

What is halfway between Huntsville and Nashville-Davidson?

The midpoint is at 35.434762, -86.730354. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lewisburg, TN, 3.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Huntsville and Nashville-Davidson?

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

Which is bigger, Huntsville or Nashville-Davidson?

Nashville-Davidson, with 704,963 residents in July 2024 against 230,402 for Huntsville, 3.1 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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