Tennessee to Georgia

Distance from Knoxville to Sandy Springs

Straight-line distance

142.9mi

Knoxville, TN and Sandy Springs, GA are 142.9 miles (230.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Knoxville, the shortest path starts out heading S (190°).

kilometers
230.0
nautical miles
124.2
heading from Knoxville
190° S
heading from Sandy Springs
9° N
KnoxvilleSandy Springs

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

How far Knoxville is from Sandy Springs

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Knoxville and Sandy Springs is 142.9 miles, 230.0 km or 124.2 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 142.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
142.9
Kilometers
230.0
Nautical miles
124.2
Bearing from Knoxville
189.7° S
Bearing arriving at Sandy Springs
189.5°
Bearing from Sandy Springs
9.5° N

Halfway between Knoxville and Sandy Springs

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.951280, -84.161710 (34°57'4.61"N 84°09'42.16"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Blue Ridge, GA, with 1,246 residents, 10.8 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 Sandy Springs 14 h 25 min; on December 21, 9 h 43 min and 9 h 54 min. Knoxville is 2.04° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Knoxville has 1.9 times the population of Sandy Springs. From July 2020 to July 2024, Knoxville changed by +3.9% and Sandy Springs by -2.5%. The trip crosses from Tennessee into Georgia.

  1. 01Knoxville, TN198,722 (+3.9%)
  2. 02Sandy Springs, GA105,505 (-2.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Knoxville from Sandy Springs?

142.9 miles, 230.0 km or 124.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sandy Springs from Knoxville?

S. The great-circle path leaves Knoxville on a bearing of 189.7° and arrives at Sandy Springs on 189.5°. The return trip starts on 9.5°.

What is halfway between Knoxville and Sandy Springs?

The midpoint is at 34.951280, -84.161710. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Blue Ridge, GA, 10.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Knoxville and Sandy Springs?

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

Which is bigger, Knoxville or Sandy Springs?

Knoxville, with 198,722 residents in July 2024 against 105,505 for Sandy Springs, 1.9 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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