Arkansas to Louisiana

Distance from Little Rock to Shreveport

Straight-line distance

176.5mi

Little Rock, AR and Shreveport, LA are 176.5 miles (284.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Little Rock, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (208°).

kilometers
284.1
nautical miles
153.4
heading from Little Rock
208° SSW
heading from Shreveport
27° NNE
Little RockShreveport

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

How far Little Rock is from Shreveport

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Little Rock and Shreveport is 176.5 miles, 284.1 km or 153.4 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 176.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
176.5
Kilometers
284.1
Nautical miles
153.4
Bearing from Little Rock
208.3° SSW
Bearing arriving at Shreveport
207.5°
Bearing from Shreveport
27.5° NNE

Halfway between Little Rock and Shreveport

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.598216, -93.084787 (33°35'53.58"N 93°05'5.23"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Camden, AR, with 10,116 residents, 13.7 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, Little Rock gets 14 h 29 min of daylight and Shreveport 14 h 17 min; on December 21, 9 h 50 min and 10 h 01 min. Little Rock is 2.26° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Little Rock has 1.2 times the population of Shreveport. From July 2020 to July 2024, Little Rock changed by +1.1% and Shreveport by -5.5%. The trip crosses from Arkansas into Louisiana.

  1. 01Little Rock, AR204,774 (+1.1%)
  2. 02Shreveport, LA176,578 (-5.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Little Rock from Shreveport?

176.5 miles, 284.1 km or 153.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Shreveport from Little Rock?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Little Rock on a bearing of 208.3° and arrives at Shreveport on 207.5°. The return trip starts on 27.5°.

What is halfway between Little Rock and Shreveport?

The midpoint is at 33.598216, -93.084787. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Camden, AR, 13.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Little Rock and Shreveport?

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

Which is bigger, Little Rock or Shreveport?

Little Rock, with 204,774 residents in July 2024 against 176,578 for Shreveport, 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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