Arkansas to Texas

Distance from Little Rock to Tyler

Straight-line distance

237.7mi

Little Rock, AR and Tyler, TX are 237.7 miles (382.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Little Rock, the shortest path starts out heading SW (226°).

kilometers
382.5
nautical miles
206.5
heading from Little Rock
226° SW
heading from Tyler
45° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Little Rock is from Tyler

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Little Rock and Tyler is 237.7 miles, 382.5 km or 206.5 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 237.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
237.7
Kilometers
382.5
Nautical miles
206.5
Bearing from Little Rock
226.4° SW
Bearing arriving at Tyler
224.8°
Bearing from Tyler
44.8° NE

Halfway between Little Rock and Tyler

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.530075, -93.852772 (33°31'48.27"N 93°51'9.98"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Texarkana, AR, with 28,897 residents, 10.1 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 Tyler 14 h 16 min; on December 21, 9 h 50 min and 10 h 02 min. Little Rock is 2.41° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Little Rock has 1.8 times the population of Tyler. From July 2020 to July 2024, Little Rock changed by +1.1% and Tyler by +5.6%. The trip crosses from Arkansas into Texas.

  1. 01Little Rock, AR204,774 (+1.1%)
  2. 02Tyler, TX112,219 (+5.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Little Rock from Tyler?

237.7 miles, 382.5 km or 206.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tyler from Little Rock?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Little Rock on a bearing of 226.4° and arrives at Tyler on 224.8°. The return trip starts on 44.8°.

What is halfway between Little Rock and Tyler?

The midpoint is at 33.530075, -93.852772. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Texarkana, AR, 10.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Little Rock and Tyler?

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

Which is bigger, Little Rock or Tyler?

Little Rock, with 204,774 residents in July 2024 against 112,219 for Tyler, 1.8 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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