Arizona to Utah

Distance from Scottsdale to St. George

Straight-line distance

253.5mi

Scottsdale, AZ and St. George, UT are 253.5 miles (408.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Scottsdale, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (338°).

kilometers
408.0
nautical miles
220.3
heading from Scottsdale
338° NNW
heading from St. George
157° SSE
ScottsdaleSt. George

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

How far Scottsdale is from St. George

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Scottsdale and St. George is 253.5 miles, 408.0 km or 220.3 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 253.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
253.5
Kilometers
408.0
Nautical miles
220.3
Bearing from Scottsdale
338.1° NNW
Bearing arriving at St. George
337.1°
Bearing from St. George
157.1° SSE

Halfway between Scottsdale and St. George

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.383678, -112.700913 (35°23'1.24"N 112°42'3.29"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Williams, AZ, with 3,482 residents, 30.7 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Scottsdale uses America/Phoenix and St. George uses America/Denver. In January St. George is the same clock time, and in July 1 hour ahead, because only one of them observes daylight saving time. On June 21, Scottsdale gets 14 h 24 min of daylight and St. George 14 h 43 min; on December 21, 9 h 55 min and 9 h 37 min. St. George is 3.39° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Scottsdale has 2.3 times the population of St. George. From July 2020 to July 2024, Scottsdale changed by +1.8% and St. George by +10.7%. The trip crosses from Arizona into Utah.

  1. 01Scottsdale, AZ246,170 (+1.8%)
  2. 02St. George, UT106,288 (+10.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Scottsdale from St. George?

253.5 miles, 408.0 km or 220.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is St. George from Scottsdale?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Scottsdale on a bearing of 338.1° and arrives at St. George on 337.1°. The return trip starts on 157.1°.

What is halfway between Scottsdale and St. George?

The midpoint is at 35.383678, -112.700913. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Williams, AZ, 30.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Scottsdale and St. George?

Scottsdale uses America/Phoenix and St. George uses America/Denver. In January St. George is the same clock time, and in July 1 hour ahead, because only one of them observes daylight saving time.

Which is bigger, Scottsdale or St. George?

Scottsdale, with 246,170 residents in July 2024 against 106,288 for St. George, 2.3 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.

  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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