Seattle · the midpoint
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Meet halfway between Albuquerque and Anchorage
The fair place to meet is Seattle, WA — the city closest to the midpoint of Albuquerque and Anchorage. From the farther side that’s about 30 hr 5 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Seattle, WA
From Albuquerque
24 hr 48 min
1,183 mi to Seattle
From Anchorage
30 hr 5 min
1,435 mi to Seattle
Albuquerque has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 5 hr 17 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Albuquerque and Anchorage are about 2,608 miles apart.
More meetups from Albuquerque
Meeting in Seattle
Albuquerque and Anchorage are about 2,608 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Seattle, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 24 hr 48 min of driving on the Albuquerque side and 30 hr 5 min on the Anchorage side — the fairest single meeting point among the cities near the middle.
Over this distance most people will fly rather than drive the whole way. Seattle still makes a fair, central place for Albuquerque and Anchorage to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Seattle doesn't have what you're after, Portland and Boise are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Albuquerque and Anchorage.
About the cities
Albuquerque
Albuquerque is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Founded in 1706 as La Villa de Alburquerque by Santa Fe de Nuevo México governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés, and named in honor of Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque… Read more →
Anchorage
Anchorage, officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska. With a population of 291,247 at the 2020 census, it contains nearly 40 percent of the state's population. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Albuquerque and Anchorage?
- Seattle, WA is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 2,608 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 30 hr 5 min from the farther city to Seattle.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.