How to use the Bearing Calculator
- Enter the coordinates of your start point.
- Enter the coordinates of your destination.
- Read the bearings and the midpoint.
What does this tool do?
Following a great circle — the shortest route — your heading changes along the way, so the initial and final bearings differ. A rhumb line keeps a constant compass bearing but is longer.
Bearings are measured clockwise from true north. Adjust for magnetic declination if you're using a compass.
Why use it?
- Great-circle and rhumb bearings.
- Compass point names.
- Midpoint included.
Privacy
The calculation happens instantly in your browser. The numbers you enter are not sent to our servers or saved. There's no account to create and nothing to install.
Last reviewed by the M2Toolkit team.