Kentucky to Tennessee
Distance from Louisville/Jefferson County to Nashville-Davidson
Straight-line distance
151.3mi
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY and Nashville-Davidson, TN are 151.3 miles (243.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Louisville/Jefferson County, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (205°).
- kilometers
- 243.5
- nautical miles
- 131.5
- heading from Louisville/Jefferson County
- 205° SSW
- heading from Nashville-Davidson
- 24° NNE
Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders
How far Louisville/Jefferson County is from Nashville-Davidson
The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Louisville/Jefferson County and Nashville-Davidson is 151.3 miles, 243.5 km or 131.5 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 151.3 miles, practically the same at this range.
Measurements
- Miles
- 151.3
- Kilometers
- 243.5
- Nautical miles
- 131.5
- Bearing from Louisville/Jefferson County
- 204.8° SSW
- Bearing arriving at Nashville-Davidson
- 204.1°
- Bearing from Nashville-Davidson
- 24.1° NNE
Halfway between Louisville/Jefferson County and Nashville-Davidson
The great-circle midpoint is at 37.169959, -86.223704 (37°10'11.85"N 86°13'25.33"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Cave City, KY, with 2,394 residents, 14.4 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.
Time zones and daylight
Louisville/Jefferson County uses America/Kentucky/Louisville and Nashville-Davidson uses America/Chicago; Nashville-Davidson is 1 hour behind all year. On June 21, Louisville/Jefferson County 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. Louisville/Jefferson County is 1.99° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.
Population compared
Nashville-Davidson has 1.1 times the population of Louisville/Jefferson County. From July 2020 to July 2024, Louisville/Jefferson County changed by +1.4% and Nashville-Davidson by +2.2%. The trip crosses from Kentucky into Tennessee.
- 01Louisville/Jefferson County, KY640,796 (+1.4%)
- 02Nashville-Davidson, TN704,963 (+2.2%)
Questions people ask
How far is Louisville/Jefferson County from Nashville-Davidson?
151.3 miles, 243.5 km or 131.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.
Which direction is Nashville-Davidson from Louisville/Jefferson County?
SSW. The great-circle path leaves Louisville/Jefferson County on a bearing of 204.8° and arrives at Nashville-Davidson on 204.1°. The return trip starts on 24.1°.
What is halfway between Louisville/Jefferson County and Nashville-Davidson?
The midpoint is at 37.169959, -86.223704. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Cave City, KY, 14.4 miles from it.
Is there a time difference between Louisville/Jefferson County and Nashville-Davidson?
Louisville/Jefferson County uses America/Kentucky/Louisville and Nashville-Davidson uses America/Chicago; Nashville-Davidson is 1 hour behind all year.
Which is bigger, Louisville/Jefferson County or Nashville-Davidson?
Nashville-Davidson, with 704,963 residents in July 2024 against 640,796 for Louisville/Jefferson County, 1.1 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.
- 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
- 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.