How far away is the nearest star to Earth?

The nearest star to Earth, other than the Sun, is Proxima Centauri, located about 4.24 light-years away. That translates to roughly 25 trillion miles or about 40 trillion kilometers. If you include the Sun itself, then the nearest star is only about 93 million miles away on average. Proxima Centauri is part of the Alpha Centauri star system and is a small red dwarf star too faint to see with the naked eye. At current spacecraft speeds, it would take tens of thousands of years to reach it.