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TravelDistance[{loc1,loc2,…}]

gives the estimated distance for travel from loc1 to loc2, ….

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TravelDistance

TravelDistance[{loc1,loc2,…}]

gives the estimated distance for travel from loc1 to loc2, ….

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Basic Examples  (1)

Compute an estimation of the total distance of a trip:

Wolfram Language code: TravelDistance[{Entity["City", {"Miami", "Florida", "UnitedStates"}], Entity["City", {"NewYork", "NewYork", "UnitedStates"}]}]

Scope  (4)

Distance to travel between two geographic locations:

Wolfram Language code: TravelDistance[{Entity["City", {"London", "GreaterLondon", "UnitedKingdom"}], Entity["City", {"Berlin", "Berlin", "Germany"}]}]

Use GeoPosition objects to define locations:

Wolfram Language code: TravelDistance[{GeoPosition[{40.11, -88.24}], GeoPosition[{41.84, -87.69}]}]

Compute distance to travel through several locations:

Wolfram Language code: TravelDistance[{Entity["City", {"Lima", "Lima", "Peru"}], GeoPosition[{-14.06, -75.75}], Entity["City", {"Arequipa", "Arequipa", "Peru"}], Entity["City", {"Cusco", "Cusco", "Peru"}]}]

Specify locations as addresses:

Wolfram Language code: TravelDistance[{"100 Trade Center Drive, Champaign, Illinois, US", Entity["City", {"Chicago", "Illinois", "UnitedStates"}]}]

Options  (2)

TravelMethod  (1)

TravelDistance uses "Driving" as default method of transportation:

Wolfram Language code: TravelDistance[{Entity["Building", "EmpireStateBuilding::h583b"], Entity["Museum", "MuseumOfModernArt::nfkn8"]}, TravelMethod -> "Driving"]

Use "Walking" instead:

Wolfram Language code: TravelDistance[{Entity["Building", "EmpireStateBuilding::h583b"], Entity["Museum", "MuseumOfModernArt::nfkn8"]}, TravelMethod -> "Walking"]

UnitSystem  (1)

The default unit system is given by $UnitSystem, usually determined by your location, in this case "Imperial":

Wolfram Language code: TravelDistance[{Entity["City", {"Miami", "Florida", "UnitedStates"}], Entity["City", {"NewYork", "NewYork", "UnitedStates"}]}]

Specify the unit system of the result:

Wolfram Language code: TravelDistance[{Entity["City", {"Miami", "Florida", "UnitedStates"}], Entity["City", {"NewYork", "NewYork", "UnitedStates"}]}, UnitSystem -> "Metric"]

Properties & Relations  (2)

Compute the estimated travel distance between two locations:

Wolfram Language code: TravelDistance[{Entity["City", {"Miami", "Florida", "UnitedStates"}], Entity["City", {"NewYork", "NewYork", "UnitedStates"}]}]

It can also be computed with TravelDirections:

Wolfram Language code: TravelDirections[{Entity["City", {"Miami", "Florida", "UnitedStates"}], Entity["City", {"NewYork", "NewYork", "UnitedStates"}]}, "TravelDistance"]

Or as a property of a TravelDirectionsData object:

Wolfram Language code: TravelDirections[{Entity["City", {"Miami", "Florida", "UnitedStates"}], Entity["City", {"NewYork", "NewYork", "UnitedStates"}]}]
Wolfram Language code: %["TravelDistance"]

Compute the distances between consecutive pairs of locations:

Wolfram Language code: list = {Entity["City", {"Madrid", "Madrid", "Spain"}], Entity["City", {"Paris", "IleDeFrance", "France"}], Entity["City", {"Vienna", "Vienna", "Austria"}], Entity["City", {"Berlin", "Berlin", "Germany"}]};
Wolfram Language code: TravelDistanceList[list]//Normal

They can also be obtained by combining Partition and TravelDistance, though less efficiently:

Wolfram Language code: TravelDistance@@@Partition[list, 2, 1]
Wolfram Research (2015), TravelDistance, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TravelDistance.html.

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Wolfram Research (2015), TravelDistance, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TravelDistance.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2015. "TravelDistance." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TravelDistance.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2015). TravelDistance. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TravelDistance.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_traveldistance, author="Wolfram Research", title="{TravelDistance}", year="2015", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TravelDistance.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_traveldistance, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={TravelDistance}, year={2015}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TravelDistance.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}