Qibla Direction in Denver, Colorado

How to face the Qibla in Denver

1. With your phone: tap Open the live Qibla compass, allow location (and, on iPhone, motion access), then turn slowly until the Kaaba on the dial reaches the mark at the top.
2. With a regular compass: hold it flat, turn it until the needle sits on N, then face 27.5° on the dial. That is the magnetic bearing; reading 35.0° off a magnetic compass would leave you about 7.5° off.
3. With the map: open the live compass, switch to Map and follow the gold line from your position to the Kaaba. It does not use the compass at all.

If a phone compass looks wrong, move the phone in a figure-eight a few times, away from laptops, speakers, car dashboards and magnetic cases, and hold it flat while you turn.

Why the Qibla from Denver points northeast

From Denver the Qibla is northeast, closer to north than anywhere on the East Coast. A straight line on a Mercator map points 98°, east, but the great circle, the shortest path over the globe, leaves Denver at 35.0° and climbs to about 64° N, far up toward Greenland, before it curves down toward Arabia. The difference between the two lines is about 63°.

Nearby cities

• Albuquerque, NM34.6° NE · 334 mi away
• Salt Lake City, UT28.5° NNE · 371 mi away
• Omaha, NE42.3° NE · 487 mi away
• Oklahoma City, OK42.2° NE · 504 mi away
• Kansas City, MO43.8° NE · 557 mi away

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