Geo & Location Tools
Bearing Calculator
Calculate the initial and final compass bearing between two coordinates.
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What is Bearing?
The initial bearing is the compass direction of the great-circle path at departure; the final bearing is the direction at arrival, measured forward along the same path.
How it works
We apply the spherical bearing formula in atan2 form, compute the back-bearing from destination to start, and rotate it 180° for the final bearing. Both are shown in degrees and 16-point compass notation.
- Enter your input. Type or paste your input into the field above — the tool responds instantly.
- Review the result. Output updates live as you type. Everything runs entirely in your browser.
- Copy or download. Use the Copy button to grab the result, or Download to save it as a file.
Examples
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