Florida

Distance from Jacksonville to Palm Coast

Straight-line distance

60.7mi

Jacksonville, FL and Palm Coast, FL are 60.7 miles (97.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Jacksonville, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (155°).

kilometers
97.7
nautical miles
52.8
heading from Jacksonville
155° SSE
heading from Palm Coast
336° NNW
JacksonvillePalm Coast

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

How far Jacksonville is from Palm Coast

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Jacksonville and Palm Coast is 60.7 miles, 97.7 km or 52.8 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 60.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
60.7
Kilometers
97.7
Nautical miles
52.8
Bearing from Jacksonville
155.5° SSE
Bearing arriving at Palm Coast
155.7°
Bearing from Palm Coast
335.7° NNW

Halfway between Jacksonville and Palm Coast

The great-circle midpoint is at 29.937016, -81.451258 (29°56'13.26"N 81°27'4.53"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is St. Augustine, FL, with 16,033 residents, 8.9 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, Jacksonville gets 14 h 06 min of daylight and Palm Coast 14 h 03 min; on December 21, 10 h 11 min and 10 h 15 min. Jacksonville is 0.80° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Jacksonville has 9.5 times the population of Palm Coast. From July 2020 to July 2024, Jacksonville changed by +6.1% and Palm Coast by +19.0%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Jacksonville, FL1,009,833 (+6.1%)
  2. 02Palm Coast, FL106,729 (+19.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Jacksonville from Palm Coast?

60.7 miles, 97.7 km or 52.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Palm Coast from Jacksonville?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Jacksonville on a bearing of 155.5° and arrives at Palm Coast on 155.7°. The return trip starts on 335.7°.

What is halfway between Jacksonville and Palm Coast?

The midpoint is at 29.937016, -81.451258. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is St. Augustine, FL, 8.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Jacksonville and Palm Coast?

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

Which is bigger, Jacksonville or Palm Coast?

Jacksonville, with 1,009,833 residents in July 2024 against 106,729 for Palm Coast, 9.5 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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