How far is 17 miles from me

Tap the compass below to get your current location and map places 17 miles from where you are now. It may take a few seconds to get the GPS coordinates, so if you're in a hurry, you can enter your local city in the form instead.



This app helps you find the cities within miles of your current location to explore the local area on a day trip, or find other places you haven't seen before. You can enter a distance in miles to find towns within driving distance.


Note: With this tool, you can know the radius of a circle anywhere on Google Maps by simply clicking on a single point and extending or moving the circle to change the radius on the Map.

Click in the Button Draw a Circle, then Click on map to place the center of the circle and drag at same time to start creating the circle. You can also create a circle with a fixed size.

Radius Map Calculator

Draw a radius map

A radius is created when drawing a straight line from a central point to all possible points in a circle. It’s useful for searching where’s nearby, assuming it’s possible to travel as the crow flies

Creating a distance radius map

The tool lets you draw circles around a point on a Leaflet map. Adjust the size of the circle using the drop down box and select your location by typing in the box. You can create a miles radius or a km radius map

Drawing a travel time radius

You can draw a travel time radius using this tool. It allows you to visualise where's reachable within any time limit up to 2 hours.

The tool was built to showcase some of the features of the TravelTime API. Using the API you can add journey time data into your own application and calculate journey times to thousands of points of interest in milliseconds. Get a free API key and get started now.

Explore Driving Radius & More

To adjust the departure time or add more than 1 area on the same map try our TravelTime Maps tool. You can search for points of interest within the area or find overlapping areas between 2 start points and more.

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This tool can be used to find the distance between two places. Input the two places names and find out the distance between them. The direct disance and driving distance are both displayed. To start type the names of the places below and click the Show button.

How to Use

Input the name of the two places in the text boxes and click the Show button.

The recommended format to use is [City, Country] i.e. [City(comma)(space)Country].

Once a result is returned, you can copy a link to use as a permanent referance back to the result or to send on to others.

Note : For ZIP Codes, use Distance Between ZIP Codes, For UK Postcodes, use the UK Postcode distance tool. Also, to find the distance between points that are not named, you can use the Measure Distance tool.

About How Far is it Between

This tool can be used to find the distance between two places.

There are two distances output:

  • As the Crow Flies - The direct distance between points
  • Distance by land transport (When possible) - Distance estimate when you travel by road and sea.

The distances can be output in the following units:

  • km (kilometers)
  • miles

The output is via a measurement of the distance and also a map that shows that two locations and the path between them as the crow flies and the route by land transport.

You can use the controls on the map to:

  • Pan the map
  • Zoom the Map
  • Switch between Map and Satellite views

Some Examples of Distances

Some of the distances between cities that can be found using the system. Click on one to see it or type in your own places above in the text boxes.

  • How Far is it Between Las Vegas Nevada, Usa and Leeds, Yorkshire
  • How Far is it Between Leeds, England and Melbourne, Australia
  • How Far is it Between Bangkok, Thailand and Moscow, Russia
  • How Far is it Between Ottawa - Ontario, Canada and Reading, Berkshire
  • How Far is it Between Buenos Aires, Argentina and London, United Kingdom

Known Issues

  • Red line will not cross the International Date Line
  • The Automatic zoom fails when the shortest distance is across the International Date Line
  • Allow points to be requested for deletion from the database to keep the information tidy

If you spot anything that needs addressed, then please contact Free Map Tools.

Version History

  • 15th October 2018 : Bug fix, incorrect distance when the route crossed the IDL
  • 30th September 2018 : Bug fix, incorrect behaviour once a 2nd, 3rd etc. route is calculated
  • 28th September 2018 : Bug fix, calculating a 2nd distance caused an error
  • 21st September 2018 : Fixed issue with road travel time format
  • 19th September 2018 : Switched to Leaflet maps
  • 14th November 2016 : The duration of the road journey is now output when applicable
  • 28th June 2016 : URL output now contains units (KM) information
  • 22nd June 2016 : KM / Miles setting will now save and remember its state between sessions
  • 28th May 2015 : Now uses Google places.Autocomplete
  • 15th March 2015 : New option to Avoid Motorways/Highways
  • 27th January 2015 : Full Screen button added
  • 8th January 2014 : Resolved minor issue. When no driving directions are found, the box now says N/A. Previously it had no update and sometimes retained the value of the previous search driving distance
  • 7th January 2014 : Resolved minor issue where driving directions route from old measurement was still appearing when another search was done
  • 13th November 2013 : Implemented Google Maps API V3
  • 7th March 2010 : New mode of transport added ... Passenger Aeroplane
  • 2nd December 2009 : Now brings up the suggested cities and countries much faster. Also shows most popular places at the top of the list
  • 20th January 2008 : Improved automatic zoom to give more consistent results
  • 15th December 2007 : Added Save Data option
  • 29th November 2007 : Added Land Transport measurement option
  • 4th November 2007 : Dynamic URL to save how far is it between X and Y
  • 21st October 2007 : Added GlocalSearch search to find more places automatically
  • 18th July 2007 : Fixed drop down lists so they fall over all content below
  • 1st July 2007 : Work done on allowing users to add a new locations if they are not on the system
  • 30th June 2007 : Page Created with basic functionality

Leaflet - a JavaScript library for interactive maps