Kentucky to Tennessee

Distance from Lexington-Fayette to Nashville-Davidson

Straight-line distance

182.0mi

Lexington-Fayette, KY and Nashville-Davidson, TN are 182.0 miles (292.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Lexington-Fayette, the shortest path starts out heading SW (226°).

kilometers
292.8
nautical miles
158.1
heading from Lexington-Fayette
226° SW
heading from Nashville-Davidson
44° NE
Lexington-FayetteNashville-Davidson

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

How far Lexington-Fayette is from Nashville-Davidson

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lexington-Fayette and Nashville-Davidson is 182.0 miles, 292.8 km or 158.1 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 182.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
182.0
Kilometers
292.8
Nautical miles
158.1
Bearing from Lexington-Fayette
225.5° SW
Bearing arriving at Nashville-Davidson
224.1°
Bearing from Nashville-Davidson
44.1° NE

Halfway between Lexington-Fayette and Nashville-Davidson

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.111932, -85.636006 (37°06'42.96"N 85°38'9.62"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Edmonton, KY, with 1,705 residents, 8.8 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 Nashville-Davidson uses America/Chicago; Nashville-Davidson is 1 hour behind all year. On June 21, Lexington-Fayette gets 14 h 49 min of daylight and Nashville-Davidson 14 h 37 min; on December 21, 9 h 31 min and 9 h 42 min. Lexington-Fayette is 1.87° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Nashville-Davidson has 2.1 times the population of Lexington-Fayette. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lexington-Fayette changed by +2.1% and Nashville-Davidson by +2.2%. The trip crosses from Kentucky into Tennessee.

  1. 01Lexington-Fayette, KY329,437 (+2.1%)
  2. 02Nashville-Davidson, TN704,963 (+2.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lexington-Fayette from Nashville-Davidson?

182.0 miles, 292.8 km or 158.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Nashville-Davidson from Lexington-Fayette?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Lexington-Fayette on a bearing of 225.5° and arrives at Nashville-Davidson on 224.1°. The return trip starts on 44.1°.

What is halfway between Lexington-Fayette and Nashville-Davidson?

The midpoint is at 37.111932, -85.636006. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Edmonton, KY, 8.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lexington-Fayette and Nashville-Davidson?

Lexington-Fayette uses America/New_York and Nashville-Davidson uses America/Chicago; Nashville-Davidson is 1 hour behind all year.

Which is bigger, Lexington-Fayette or Nashville-Davidson?

Nashville-Davidson, with 704,963 residents in July 2024 against 329,437 for Lexington-Fayette, 2.1 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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