Tennessee

Distance from Murfreesboro to Nashville-Davidson

Straight-line distance

29.9mi

Murfreesboro, TN and Nashville-Davidson, TN are 29.9 miles (48.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Murfreesboro, the shortest path starts out heading NW (317°).

kilometers
48.2
nautical miles
26.0
heading from Murfreesboro
317° NW
heading from Nashville-Davidson
137° SE
MurfreesboroNashville-Davidson

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

How far Murfreesboro is from Nashville-Davidson

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Murfreesboro and Nashville-Davidson is 29.9 miles, 48.2 km or 26.0 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 29.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
29.9
Kilometers
48.2
Nautical miles
26.0
Bearing from Murfreesboro
317.3° NW
Bearing arriving at Nashville-Davidson
317.1°
Bearing from Nashville-Davidson
137.1° SE

Halfway between Murfreesboro and Nashville-Davidson

The great-circle midpoint is at 36.012987, -86.602733 (36°00'46.75"N 86°36'9.84"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is La Vergne, TN, with 41,430 residents, 2.5 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, Murfreesboro gets 14 h 36 min of daylight and Nashville-Davidson 14 h 37 min; on December 21, 9 h 44 min and 9 h 42 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Nashville-Davidson has 4.2 times the population of Murfreesboro. From July 2020 to July 2024, Murfreesboro changed by +9.5% and Nashville-Davidson by +2.2%. Both are in Tennessee.

  1. 01Murfreesboro, TN168,387 (+9.5%)
  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 Murfreesboro from Nashville-Davidson?

29.9 miles, 48.2 km or 26.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Nashville-Davidson from Murfreesboro?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Murfreesboro on a bearing of 317.3° and arrives at Nashville-Davidson on 317.1°. The return trip starts on 137.1°.

What is halfway between Murfreesboro and Nashville-Davidson?

The midpoint is at 36.012987, -86.602733. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is La Vergne, TN, 2.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Murfreesboro and Nashville-Davidson?

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

Which is bigger, Murfreesboro or Nashville-Davidson?

Nashville-Davidson, with 704,963 residents in July 2024 against 168,387 for Murfreesboro, 4.2 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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