Colorado
Distance from Pueblo to Thornton
Straight-line distance
115.5mi
Pueblo, CO and Thornton, CO are 115.5 miles (185.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Pueblo, the shortest path starts out heading N (351°).
- kilometers
- 185.8
- nautical miles
- 100.3
- heading from Pueblo
- 351° N
- heading from Thornton
- 171° S
Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders
How far Pueblo is from Thornton
The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Pueblo and Thornton is 115.5 miles, 185.8 km or 100.3 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 115.5 miles, practically the same at this range.
Measurements
- Miles
- 115.5
- Kilometers
- 185.8
- Nautical miles
- 100.3
- Bearing from Pueblo
- 351.3° N
- Bearing arriving at Thornton
- 351.1°
- Bearing from Thornton
- 171.1° S
Halfway between Pueblo and Thornton
The great-circle midpoint is at 39.094917, -104.774165 (39°05'41.70"N 104°46'26.99"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Monument, CO, with 13,408 residents, 4.0 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/Denver, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Pueblo gets 14 h 50 min of daylight and Thornton 15 h 00 min; on December 21, 9 h 30 min and 9 h 20 min. Thornton is 1.65° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.
Population compared
Thornton has 1.3 times the population of Pueblo. From July 2020 to July 2024, Pueblo changed by -0.7% and Thornton by +3.2%. Both are in Colorado.
- 01Pueblo, CO111,166 (-0.7%)
- 02Thornton, CO146,689 (+3.2%)
Questions people ask
How far is Pueblo from Thornton?
115.5 miles, 185.8 km or 100.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.
Which direction is Thornton from Pueblo?
N. The great-circle path leaves Pueblo on a bearing of 351.3° and arrives at Thornton on 351.1°. The return trip starts on 171.1°.
What is halfway between Pueblo and Thornton?
The midpoint is at 39.094917, -104.774165. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Monument, CO, 4.0 miles from it.
Is there a time difference between Pueblo and Thornton?
Both use America/Denver, so there is no time difference.
Which is bigger, Pueblo or Thornton?
Thornton, with 146,689 residents in July 2024 against 111,166 for Pueblo, 1.3 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.