Missouri to Kansas

Distance from Lee's Summit to Topeka

Straight-line distance

70.9mi

Lee's Summit, MO and Topeka, KS are 70.9 miles (114.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Lee's Summit, the shortest path starts out heading W (277°).

kilometers
114.1
nautical miles
61.6
heading from Lee's Summit
277° W
heading from Topeka
96° E
Lee's SummitTopeka

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

How far Lee's Summit is from Topeka

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lee's Summit and Topeka is 70.9 miles, 114.1 km or 61.6 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 70.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
70.9
Kilometers
114.1
Nautical miles
61.6
Bearing from Lee's Summit
276.7° W
Bearing arriving at Topeka
275.9°
Bearing from Topeka
95.9° E

Halfway between Lee's Summit and Topeka

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.979985, -95.039976 (38°58'47.95"N 95°02'23.91"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Eudora, KS, with 6,564 residents, 4.3 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 Topeka 14 h 55 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

Topeka has 1.2 times the population of Lee's Summit. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lee's Summit changed by +4.8% and Topeka by -0.8%. The trip crosses from Missouri into Kansas.

  1. 01Lee's Summit, MO106,419 (+4.8%)
  2. 02Topeka, KS125,467 (-0.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lee's Summit from Topeka?

70.9 miles, 114.1 km or 61.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Topeka from Lee's Summit?

W. The great-circle path leaves Lee's Summit on a bearing of 276.7° and arrives at Topeka on 275.9°. The return trip starts on 95.9°.

What is halfway between Lee's Summit and Topeka?

The midpoint is at 38.979985, -95.039976. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Eudora, KS, 4.3 miles from it.

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

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

Which is bigger, Lee's Summit or Topeka?

Topeka, with 125,467 residents in July 2024 against 106,419 for Lee's Summit, 1.2 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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