Missouri

Distance from Lee's Summit to Springfield

Straight-line distance

133.3mi

Lee's Summit, MO and Springfield, MO are 133.3 miles (214.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Lee's Summit, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (153°).

kilometers
214.6
nautical miles
115.9
heading from Lee's Summit
153° SSE
heading from Springfield
334° NNW
Lee's SummitSpringfield

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

How far Lee's Summit is from Springfield

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lee's Summit and Springfield is 133.3 miles, 214.6 km or 115.9 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 133.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
133.3
Kilometers
214.6
Nautical miles
115.9
Bearing from Lee's Summit
153.2° SSE
Bearing arriving at Springfield
153.9°
Bearing from Springfield
333.9° NNW

Halfway between Lee's Summit and Springfield

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.059163, -93.832254 (38°03'32.99"N 93°49'56.12"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Appleton City, MO, with 1,080 residents, 14.2 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 Springfield 14 h 43 min; on December 21, 9 h 26 min and 9 h 36 min. Lee's Summit is 1.73° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Springfield has 1.6 times the population of Lee's Summit. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lee's Summit changed by +4.8% and Springfield by +0.9%. Both are in Missouri.

  1. 01Lee's Summit, MO106,419 (+4.8%)
  2. 02Springfield, MO170,596 (+0.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lee's Summit from Springfield?

133.3 miles, 214.6 km or 115.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Springfield from Lee's Summit?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Lee's Summit on a bearing of 153.2° and arrives at Springfield on 153.9°. The return trip starts on 333.9°.

What is halfway between Lee's Summit and Springfield?

The midpoint is at 38.059163, -93.832254. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Appleton City, MO, 14.2 miles from it.

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

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

Which is bigger, Lee's Summit or Springfield?

Springfield, with 170,596 residents in July 2024 against 106,419 for Lee's Summit, 1.6 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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