Missouri to Kansas

Distance from Lee's Summit to Olathe

Straight-line distance

23.6mi

Lee's Summit, MO and Olathe, KS are 23.6 miles (37.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Lee's Summit, the shortest path starts out heading W (263°).

kilometers
37.9
nautical miles
20.5
heading from Lee's Summit
263° W
heading from Olathe
83° E
Lee's SummitOlathe

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

How far Lee's Summit is from Olathe

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lee's Summit and Olathe is 23.6 miles, 37.9 km or 20.5 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 23.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
23.6
Kilometers
37.9
Nautical miles
20.5
Bearing from Lee's Summit
263.5° W
Bearing arriving at Olathe
263.2°
Bearing from Olathe
83.2° E

Halfway between Lee's Summit and Olathe

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.902002, -94.602511 (38°54'7.21"N 94°36'9.04"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Leawood, KS, with 34,013 residents, 1.2 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, Lee's Summit gets 14 h 54 min of daylight and Olathe 14 h 54 min; on December 21, 9 h 26 min and 9 h 26 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Olathe has 1.4 times the population of Lee's Summit. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lee's Summit changed by +4.8% and Olathe by +5.3%. The trip crosses from Missouri into Kansas.

  1. 01Lee's Summit, MO106,419 (+4.8%)
  2. 02Olathe, KS149,035 (+5.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lee's Summit from Olathe?

23.6 miles, 37.9 km or 20.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Olathe from Lee's Summit?

W. The great-circle path leaves Lee's Summit on a bearing of 263.5° and arrives at Olathe on 263.2°. The return trip starts on 83.2°.

What is halfway between Lee's Summit and Olathe?

The midpoint is at 38.902002, -94.602511. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Leawood, KS, 1.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lee's Summit and Olathe?

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

Which is bigger, Lee's Summit or Olathe?

Olathe, with 149,035 residents in July 2024 against 106,419 for Lee's Summit, 1.4 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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