How far is Lincoln, ENG from Denver, CO?

The driving distance from Lincoln, ENG to Denver, CO is about 2311.7 miles (3720.3 km), with a travel time of about 43h 13m by car.

  • The straight-line flight distance is about 4601.3 miles (7405 km).
  • For a round trip, plan for roughly 86h 26m of driving time before adding stops, traffic, or weather delays.
  • A comfortable departure window is usually 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM GMT.
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Road
2311.7 mi
43h 13m
Flight
4601.23 mi
7404.97 km direct

This drive is better planned with a longer stop or an overnight stay.

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Flight Distance

Direct air line
4601.23 mi
Kilometers
7404.97 km
Flight Time
09h 15m

Driving Distance

Road route
2311.7 mi
Kilometers
3720.32 km
Drive Time
43h 13m

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Drive time stays fixed at 43h 13m.

Arrival Snapshot
Arrive in Denver
Tue, Nov 17, 6:47 AM MST
Return by in Lincoln
Thu, Nov 19, 9:00 AM GMT
Useful when you're deciding between a quick errand, a day trip, or a longer stop.
Leave Lincoln
2026-11-15T18:34
Arrive Denver
Tue, Nov 17, 1:47 PM GMT
Route Timing
43h 13m
One way by road
Best Departure Window
6:00 AM to 7:30 AM GMT
Treat this as a longer travel day
Arrive between
6:13 PM to 7:43 PM MST

Starting early still helps, but most travelers will want a longer stop or an overnight stay on a route this long.

Leave by
9:34 PM GMT
Keeps a same-day return open with about 08h 00m at the destination.
Back in Lincoln
8:00 PM GMT
Overnight-style route

You are leaving earlier than the recommended window, which gives you extra margin for breaks and traffic.

Halfway Point

A useful midpoint for breaks, coffee, or meeting in the middle.

Mid-route stop
Fremont
IN

Human settlement in Steuben County, Indiana, United States of America

From Lincoln
1137.5 mi
21h 36m
To Denver
1174.3 mi
21h 36m

Route Weather Snapshot

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Origin

Forecast data is not available for this endpoint yet.

Destination
58°F
Sunday

Areas Of Fog then Sunny

Starts
Sun, Nov 15 6:00 AM MST
Wind
1 to 6 mph ESE

Driving Route Map

The map below follows the saved road route between Lincoln and Denver.

Turn-by-Turn Driving Directions

Step-by-step road directions between Lincoln and Denver.

  1. 1

    Start on Route 774

    3 mi · 5 min · Route 774

  2. 2

    Turn left

    2.5 mi · 4 min

  3. 3

    Continue on FDR International Memorial Bridge

    880 ft · 18 sec · FDR International Memorial Bridge

  4. 4

    Continue on State Route 189

    154 m · 10 sec · State Route 189

  5. 5

    Continue on Washington Street

    1900 ft · 40 sec · Washington Street

  6. 6

    Continue on Main Street

    1.3 km · 2 min · Main Street

  7. 7

    Continue on County Road

    9.3 mi · 14 min · County Road

  8. 8

    Continue on Lubec Road

    1 km · 2 min · Lubec Road

  9. 9

    At the end of the road, turn left onto Route 1

    9.5 mi · 13 min · Route 1

  10. 10

    Continue on Main Street

    3.1 mi · 5 min · Main Street

  11. 11

    Turn slight right onto River Road

    127 m · 7 sec · River Road

  12. 12

    Continue on Main Street

    4.2 mi · 6 min · Main Street

  13. 13

    Continue on Dublin Street

    2.3 mi · 3 min · Dublin Street

  14. 14

    Continue on Outer Dublin Street

    1249 ft · 21 sec · Outer Dublin Street

  15. 15

    Continue on Harrington Road

    3.3 mi · 5 min · Harrington Road

  16. 16

    Continue on Route 1

    14 mi · 21 min · Route 1

  17. 17

    Turn straight onto Main Street

    2696 ft · 46 sec · Main Street

  18. 18

    Continue on Kennedy Highway

    1084 ft · 18 sec · Kennedy Highway

  19. 19

    Continue on US Highway 1A

    3 mi · 5 min · US Highway 1A

  20. 20

    Continue on Kennedy Highway

    4.1 mi · 6 min · Kennedy Highway

  21. 21

    Continue on Bridge Street

    1721 ft · 34 sec · Bridge Street

  22. 22

    At the end of the road, turn left onto Main Street

    1.8 mi · 3 min · Main Street

  23. 23

    Continue on US Highway 1

    27.7 mi · 41 min · US Highway 1

  24. 24

    Continue on Downeast Highway

    1.1 mi · 2 min · Downeast Highway

  25. 25

    Keep slight right to continue on Downeast Highway

    140 m · 11 sec · Downeast Highway

  26. 26

    Continue on High Street

    1268 ft · 36 sec · High Street

  27. 27

    Turn left onto Foster Street

    2227 ft · 1 min · Foster Street

  28. 28

    At the end of the road, turn right onto Water Street

    1.1 km · 1 min · Water Street

  29. 29

    Turn left onto West Main Street

    806 ft · 10 sec · West Main Street

  30. 30

    Keep slight right to continue on Main Street

    85 m · 4 sec · Main Street

  31. 31

    Continue on Bucksport Road

    8.5 mi · 10 min · Bucksport Road

  32. 32

    Continue on Acadia Highway

    9.4 mi · 11 min · Acadia Highway

  33. 33

    Continue on Route 1

    1.6 km · 1 min · Route 1

  34. 34

    Continue on Main Street

    41 m · 9 sec · Main Street

  35. 35

    Turn left onto Route 1

    682 ft · 17 sec · Route 1

  36. 36

    Continue on US Highway 1

    1.2 mi · 3 min · US Highway 1

  37. 37

    Continue on Route 1

    13.4 mi · 16 min · Route 1

  38. 38

    Continue on Searsport Avenue

    2.7 mi · 5 min · Searsport Avenue

  39. 39

    Continue on Route 1

    1.1 km · 1 min · Route 1

  40. 40

    Take the exit slight right

    1414 ft · 39 sec

  41. 41

    Keep slight right

    114 m · 12 sec

  42. 42

    Merge slight left onto Belmont Avenue

    3.9 mi · 5 min · Belmont Avenue

  43. 43

    Continue on Augusta Road

    4.8 mi · 5 min · Augusta Road

  44. 44

    Continue on Belfast Augusta Road East

    3.4 mi · 4 min · Belfast Augusta Road East

  45. 45

    Continue on Acadia Highway

    4 mi · 4 min · Acadia Highway

  46. 46

    Continue on Belfast Augusta Road

    17.6 mi · 21 min · Belfast Augusta Road

  47. 47

    Continue on Belfast Road

    1077 ft · 17 sec · Belfast Road

  48. 48

    Continue on North Belfast Avenue

    8.1 mi · 12 min · North Belfast Avenue

  49. 49

    Turn left onto North Belfast Avenue

    1.6 km · 2 min · North Belfast Avenue

  50. 50

    At the end of the road, turn left onto Bangor Street

    2936 ft · 53 sec · Bangor Street

  51. 51

    Enter the roundabout and take exit 2 toward Cony Circle

    49 m · 3 sec · Memorial Drive

  52. 52

    Exit the rotary onto Memorial Drive

    1.1 km · 2 min · Memorial Drive

  53. 53

    Enter the roundabout and take exit 3 toward Memorial Circle

    122 m · 7 sec · State Street

  54. 54

    Exit the rotary onto State Street

    1007 ft · 19 sec · State Street

  55. 55

    Turn right onto Capitol Street

    1.3 km · 1 min · Capitol Street

  56. 56

    Turn straight onto Armory Street

    915 ft · 20 sec · Armory Street

  57. 57

    Turn left onto Western Avenue

    1.1 km · 1 min · Western Avenue

  58. 58

    Take the exit slight right toward I 95: Portland, Waterville, Bangor

    1829 ft · 44 sec

  59. 59

    Keep slight left to continue on I-95 South: Portland, Kittery

    3262 ft · 1 min

  60. 60

    Merge slight left onto Maine Turnpike

    5.9 mi · 6 min · Maine Turnpike

  61. 61

    Keep slight right to continue on I 295 South, ME 9, ME 126: Gardiner, Brunswick

    50.5 mi · 59 min

  62. 62

    Keep slight left

    2.6 mi · 4 min

  63. 63

    Merge slight left onto Maine Turnpike

    53 mi · 59 min · Maine Turnpike

  64. 64

    Keep slight left to continue on Blue Star Turnpike

    7.7 mi · 9 min · Blue Star Turnpike

  65. 65

    Keep slight right to continue on I 495 South: Worcester

    30.6 mi · 36 min

  66. 66

    Take the exit slight right toward US 3: Burlington, Nashua New Hampshire

    1068 ft · 14 sec

  67. 67

    Keep slight left to continue on US 3: Burlington, Nashua New Hampshire

    1320 ft · 17 sec

  68. 68

    Keep slight left

    1931 ft · 25 sec

  69. 69

    Keep slight left to continue on I 495 South: Marlboro

    2589 ft · 34 sec

  70. 70

    Merge slight left

    23.4 mi · 27 min

  71. 71

    Take the exit slight right toward I 290 West: Worcester

    2148 ft · 1 min

  72. 72

    Merge slight left

    19.6 mi · 25 min

  73. 73

    Take the exit slight right toward MA 12 South: Webster

    703 ft · 23 sec

  74. 74

    Turn left onto Oxford Street

    142 m · 10 sec · Oxford Street

  75. 75

    At the end of the road, turn right onto Southbridge Street

    136 m · 10 sec · Southbridge Street

  76. 76

    Take the exit slight right toward I 90

    2072 ft · 1 min

  77. 77

    Keep slight left to continue on I 90 West

    2915 ft · 1 min

  78. 78

    Merge slight left onto Massachusetts Turnpike

    11.2 mi · 13 min · Massachusetts Turnpike

  79. 79

    Keep slight right to continue on Wilbur Cross Highway

    33.6 mi · 40 min · Wilbur Cross Highway

  80. 80

    Keep slight right

    8 mi · 9 min

  81. 81

    Keep slight right

    15.1 mi · 19 min

  82. 82

    Keep slight left

    45.8 mi · 56 min

  83. 83

    Keep slight right

    128.8 mi · 2 hr 32 min

  84. 84

    Take the exit slight left toward I 81 South: Wilkes-Barre

    1.2 mi · 2 min

  85. 85

    Merge slight left onto American Legion Memorial Highway

    35 mi · 42 min · American Legion Memorial Highway

  86. 86

    Take the exit slight right toward I-80 West: Bloomsburg

    1.1 km · 1 min

  87. 87

    Merge slight left onto Keystone Shortway

    272 mi · 4 hr 54 min · Keystone Shortway

  88. 88

    Keep slight right

    4.5 mi · 5 min

  89. 89

    Take the exit slight right toward I 80 West, I 76 East

    2550 ft · 1 min

  90. 90

    Keep slight right to continue on I 80 West: Cleveland

    2349 ft · 1 min

  91. 91

    Merge slight left onto Ohio Turnpike

    31.1 mi · 33 min · Ohio Turnpike

  92. 92

    Keep slight left to continue on Ohio Turnpike

    187.4 mi · 3 hr 21 min · Ohio Turnpike

  93. 93

    Continue on Indiana Toll Road

    135.8 mi · 2 hr 27 min · Indiana Toll Road

  94. 94

    Take the exit slight right toward I 80 West, I 94, US 6: Des Moines

    3216 ft · 1 min

  95. 95

    Keep slight right to continue on I 94 West, I 80 West, SR 51, US 6 East

    543 ft · 13 sec

  96. 96

    Keep slight left to continue on I 94 West, I 80 West

    14.2 mi · 20 min

  97. 97

    Take the exit slight right toward US 41 North: Calumet Avenue, Hammond, Munster

    1047 ft · 16 sec

  98. 98

    Keep slight left to continue on Calumet Avenue South

    1187 ft · 18 sec

  99. 99

    Keep slight left

    1805 ft · 28 sec

  100. 100

    Merge slight left onto Borman Expressway

    2724 ft · 42 sec · Borman Expressway

  101. 101

    Continue on Kingery Expressway

    1.3 km · 1 min · Kingery Expressway

  102. 102

    Take the exit slight right toward IL 394 South, I 94 West: Danville, Chicago

    1.5 mi · 2 min

  103. 103

    Keep slight left to continue on I 80 West, I 294 North

    1703 ft · 26 sec

  104. 104

    Merge slight left onto Tri-State Tollway

    4.8 mi · 7 min · Tri-State Tollway

  105. 105

    Keep slight right to continue on I 80 West: Iowa

    145.4 mi · 2 hr 41 min

  106. 106

    Keep slight left to continue on I 74 West, I 280 West: Moline, Rock Island

    9.6 mi · 10 min

  107. 107

    Keep slight left to continue on I 280 West: Des Moines

    82 mi · 1 hr 30 min

  108. 108

    Continue straight

    102 mi · 1 hr 51 min

  109. 109

    Keep slight right to continue on I 80 West: Omaha

    95.5 mi · 1 hr 43 min

  110. 110

    Keep slight left to continue on I 80 West: Council Bluffs, Omaha Nebraska

    23.7 mi · 26 min

  111. 111

    Keep slight left to continue on I 80 West Express: Council Bluffs, Omaha

    355.4 mi · 6 hr 3 min

  112. 112

    Keep slight right to continue on I 76 West: Denver

    181.9 mi · 3 hr 3 min

  113. 113

    Take the exit slight right toward I 25 South: Denver

    612 ft · 13 sec

  114. 114

    Continue on I 25 south: Denver

    1.5 km · 2 min

  115. 115

    Merge slight left onto North Valley Highway

    2.3 mi · 3 min · North Valley Highway

  116. 116

    Take the exit slight right toward 38th Avenue, Park Avenue, Downtown

    1348 ft · 29 sec

  117. 117

    Keep slight left to continue on Park Avenue, Downtown

    528 ft · 11 sec

  118. 118

    Continue on Park Avenue

    3279 ft · 1 min · Park Avenue

  119. 119

    Turn straight onto Park Avenue West

    2615 ft · 1 min · Park Avenue West

  120. 120

    Continue on West 22nd Street

    2095 ft · 1 min · West 22nd Street

  121. 121

    Turn right onto North Broadway

    1.6 km · 3 min · North Broadway

  122. 122

    Turn left onto East 14th Avenue

    709 ft · 30 sec · East 14th Avenue

  123. 123

    Turn left

    109 m · 28 sec

  124. 124

    Arrive at your destination

    0 m · 1 sec

Car Route Details

A richer read on the saved driving route between Lincoln and Denver.

OSRM road route
Drive Character

Long-distance drive

This route is long enough that fuel, rest stops, weather, and timing matter more than any single maneuver.

Directions
124 steps
30 turns on the saved route
Ramps & Exits
30
12 merges, 18 ramps or exits
Navigation Density
5.4 / 100 mi
Decision points by distance
Main Roads
I 80 West Express
355 mi · 15%
Keystone Shortway
277 mi · 12%
I 80 West
266 mi · 12%
Wilbur Cross Highway
231 mi · 10%
Ohio Turnpike
218 mi · 9%
I 280 West
184 mi · 8%
Longest Stretch

I 80 West Express

Keep slight left to continue on I 80 West Express: Council Bluffs, Omaha

355 mi · 06h 03m

Route Summary

A quick read on whether this route feels easy, ambitious, or worth planning around.

Trip Read

Better with a longer stop

This route is long enough that most travelers will be better off planning an overnight stay or a more deliberate stop window.

Drive Time
43h 13m
Overnight route
Same-Day Return
86h 26m
Round-trip wheel time
Road vs Air
+0 mi
4601.3 mi direct line
Halfway Stop
Fremont
21h 36m from Lincoln
Leave By
9:34 PM GMT
Overnight-style route
Weather Watch

Areas Of Fog then Sunny near Denver.

Trip Questions

Direct answers travelers usually want before committing to the drive.

How long does it take to drive from Lincoln to Denver?

The road trip is about 2311.7 miles (3720.3 km) and usually takes 43h 13m in normal driving conditions.

Is this a same-day trip or an overnight route?

This route is long enough that most travelers will be better off planning an overnight stay or a more deliberate stop window.

What is the halfway point on this route?

Fremont is a useful midpoint, sitting about 1137.5 miles from Lincoln and 1174.3 miles from Denver.

How much longer is the road route than the straight-line distance?

The direct path is about 4601.3 miles (7405 km), while the road route adds roughly 0 extra miles because roads do not follow the straight air line.

When is the best time to leave for this route?

A good departure window is usually 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM GMT. Starting early still helps, but most travelers will want a longer stop or an overnight stay on a route this long.

Do you cross a time zone on this route?

Yes. There is about a 7 hour time difference between Lincoln and Denver, so arrival and return times should be read in local time.

What should you check before leaving?

Before arriving, the latest forecast around Denver is Areas Of Fog then Sunny.

Stop Ideas Near Fremont

Useful break, food, and waypoint ideas within about 15 miles of the route midpoint.

Mid-route Guidance
Local place coverage is thin around Fremont, so nearby transit and meeting points are shown instead.
Reviewed stop coverage is still thin around this midpoint, so practical transit waypoints are shown on the right.

Transit and Meeting Points

Useful pickup, handoff, or rendezvous points close to Fremont.

RAIL

Waterloo

34 mi away
Lincoln and Center Street
RAIL

Bryan

42 mi away
Page and Lynn Street
RAIL

Albion station

59 mi away
300 North Eaton St.
RAIL

Battle Creek Transportation Center

68 mi away
104 Capital Ave. S.W.

Flight Path Map

This map shows the direct air route between Lincoln and Denver. Straight-line distance: 4601.23 mi (7404.97 km).

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#1 Lincoln

Cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England, UK

Population114,879
Coordinates53.2268300, -0.5379200
Altitude-
CountryUnited Kingdom
Denver

#2 Denver

The twentieth most populous city in the United States and the center of the Denver metropolitan area.

Population735,538
Coordinates39.7391500, -104.9847000
Altitude1609
CountryUnited States
Start: Lincoln (-0.53792, 53.22683)
End: Denver (-104.9847, 39.73915)

Estimated Travel Time

Distance: 3720 km by road

SpeedTime
30 mph (48.3 km/h)77h 01m
40 mph (64.37 km/h)57h 47m
50 mph (80.47 km/h)46h 13m
60 mph (96.56 km/h)38h 31m
70 mph (112.65 km/h)33h 01m
80 mph (129 km/h)28h 50m
Please keep in mind that there is a 7 hours time gap between Lincoln, ENG and Denver, CO. The current time in Lincoln is 18:34:56, although it is 11:34:56 in Denver.

Distance to Other Cities

How did we calculate? Place names are translated into coordinates. The Haversine formula calculates straight-line distance; driving distance uses road network data.