Kentucky

Distance from Lexington-Fayette to Louisville/Jefferson County

Straight-line distance

65.2mi

Lexington-Fayette, KY and Louisville/Jefferson County, KY are 65.2 miles (105.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Lexington-Fayette, the shortest path starts out heading W (278°).

kilometers
105.0
nautical miles
56.7
heading from Lexington-Fayette
278° W
heading from Louisville/Jefferson County
97° E
Lexington-FayetteLouisville/Jefferson County

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

How far Lexington-Fayette is from Louisville/Jefferson County

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lexington-Fayette and Louisville/Jefferson County is 65.2 miles, 105.0 km or 56.7 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 65.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
65.2
Kilometers
105.0
Nautical miles
56.7
Bearing from Lexington-Fayette
278.0° W
Bearing arriving at Louisville/Jefferson County
277.2°
Bearing from Louisville/Jefferson County
97.2° E

Halfway between Lexington-Fayette and Louisville/Jefferson County

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.104548, -85.052343 (38°06'16.37"N 85°03'8.43"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lawrenceburg, KY, with 12,189 residents, 9.4 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Lexington-Fayette uses America/New_York and Louisville/Jefferson County uses America/Kentucky/Louisville; Louisville/Jefferson County is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Lexington-Fayette gets 14 h 49 min of daylight and Louisville/Jefferson County 14 h 49 min; on December 21, 9 h 31 min and 9 h 31 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Louisville/Jefferson County has 1.9 times the population of Lexington-Fayette. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lexington-Fayette changed by +2.1% and Louisville/Jefferson County by +1.4%. Both are in Kentucky.

  1. 01Lexington-Fayette, KY329,437 (+2.1%)
  2. 02Louisville/Jefferson County, KY640,796 (+1.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lexington-Fayette from Louisville/Jefferson County?

65.2 miles, 105.0 km or 56.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Louisville/Jefferson County from Lexington-Fayette?

W. The great-circle path leaves Lexington-Fayette on a bearing of 278.0° and arrives at Louisville/Jefferson County on 277.2°. The return trip starts on 97.2°.

What is halfway between Lexington-Fayette and Louisville/Jefferson County?

The midpoint is at 38.104548, -85.052343. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lawrenceburg, KY, 9.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lexington-Fayette and Louisville/Jefferson County?

Lexington-Fayette uses America/New_York and Louisville/Jefferson County uses America/Kentucky/Louisville; Louisville/Jefferson County is the same clock time all year.

Which is bigger, Lexington-Fayette or Louisville/Jefferson County?

Louisville/Jefferson County, with 640,796 residents in July 2024 against 329,437 for Lexington-Fayette, 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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