Seattle · the midpoint
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Meet halfway between Anchorage and Buffalo
The fair place to meet is Seattle, WA — the city closest to the midpoint of Anchorage and Buffalo. From the farther side that’s about 44 hr 15 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Seattle, WA
From Anchorage
30 hr 5 min
1,435 mi to Seattle
From Buffalo
44 hr 15 min
2,111 mi to Seattle
Anchorage has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 14 hr 10 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Anchorage and Buffalo are about 3,086 miles apart.
More meetups from Anchorage
Meeting in Seattle
Anchorage and Buffalo are about 3,086 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Seattle, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 30 hr 5 min of driving on the Anchorage side and 44 hr 15 min on the Buffalo 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 Anchorage and Buffalo 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 Anchorage and Buffalo.
About the cities
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 →
Buffalo
Buffalo is a city in the U.S. state of New York. It lies in Western New York on the eastern shore of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River on the Canada–United States border. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Anchorage and Buffalo?
- Seattle, WA is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 3,086 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 44 hr 15 min from the farther city to Seattle.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.