Cape Canaveral's distance to equator is 1,952 mi (about 3,141 km).
Cape Canaveral coordinates: Latitude: 28° 23' North; Longitude: 80° 36' West.
Degrees of latitude are parallel so, for the most part, the distance between each degree remains constant. However, the earth is slightly elliptical in shape and that creates a small variation between the degrees as we work our way from the equator to the north and south poles.
Each degree of latitude is approximately 69 miles (111 kilometers) apart.
At the equator, the distance is 68.703 miles (110.567 kilometers).
At the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° north and south), the distance is 68.94 miles (110.948 kilometers).
At each of the poles, the distance is 69.407 miles (111.699 kilometers).
Unlike latitude, the distance between degrees of longitude varies greatly. They are farthest apart at the equator and converge at the poles.
A degree of longitude is widest at the equator with a distance of 69.172 miles (111.321 kilometers).
The distance gradually shrinks to zero as they meet at the poles.
At 40° north or south*, the distance between a degree of longitude is 53 miles (85 kilometers).
*Where is 40° north and south?
40° north runs through the middle of the United States and China as well as Turkey and Spain.
40° south is south of Africa, goes through the southern part of Chile and Argentina, and runs almost directly through the center of New Zealand.
See About.com's What Is the Distance Between a Degree of Latitude and Longitude? to learn more.
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