Tennessee to Kentucky

Distance from Knoxville to Lexington-Fayette

Straight-line distance

145.8mi

Knoxville, TN and Lexington-Fayette, KY are 145.8 miles (234.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Knoxville, the shortest path starts out heading N (349°).

kilometers
234.6
nautical miles
126.7
heading from Knoxville
349° N
heading from Lexington-Fayette
169° SSE
KnoxvilleLexington-Fayette

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

How far Knoxville is from Lexington-Fayette

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Knoxville and Lexington-Fayette is 145.8 miles, 234.6 km or 126.7 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 145.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
145.8
Kilometers
234.6
Nautical miles
126.7
Bearing from Knoxville
349.0° N
Bearing arriving at Lexington-Fayette
348.7°
Bearing from Lexington-Fayette
168.7° SSE

Halfway between Knoxville and Lexington-Fayette

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.005972, -84.200335 (37°00'21.50"N 84°12'1.20"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Corbin, KY, with 7,891 residents, 7.5 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, Knoxville gets 14 h 36 min of daylight and Lexington-Fayette 14 h 49 min; on December 21, 9 h 43 min and 9 h 31 min. Lexington-Fayette is 2.07° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Lexington-Fayette has 1.7 times the population of Knoxville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Knoxville changed by +3.9% and Lexington-Fayette by +2.1%. The trip crosses from Tennessee into Kentucky.

  1. 01Knoxville, TN198,722 (+3.9%)
  2. 02Lexington-Fayette, KY329,437 (+2.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Knoxville from Lexington-Fayette?

145.8 miles, 234.6 km or 126.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Lexington-Fayette from Knoxville?

N. The great-circle path leaves Knoxville on a bearing of 349.0° and arrives at Lexington-Fayette on 348.7°. The return trip starts on 168.7°.

What is halfway between Knoxville and Lexington-Fayette?

The midpoint is at 37.005972, -84.200335. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Corbin, KY, 7.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Knoxville and Lexington-Fayette?

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

Which is bigger, Knoxville or Lexington-Fayette?

Lexington-Fayette, with 329,437 residents in July 2024 against 198,722 for Knoxville, 1.7 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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