Seattle · the midpoint
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Meet halfway between Anchorage and Detroit
The fair place to meet is Seattle, WA — the city closest to the midpoint of Anchorage and Detroit. From the farther side that’s about 40 hr 32 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Seattle, WA
From Anchorage
30 hr 5 min
1,435 mi to Seattle
From Detroit
40 hr 32 min
1,933 mi to Seattle
Anchorage has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 10 hr 27 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Anchorage and Detroit are about 2,978 miles apart.
More meetups from Anchorage
Meeting in Seattle
Anchorage and Detroit are about 2,978 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 40 hr 32 min on the Detroit 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 Detroit 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 Detroit.
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 →
Detroit
Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from the Canadian city of Windsor, Ontario. It is the 26th-most populous city in the United States and the largest U.S. 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 Detroit?
- Seattle, WA is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 2,978 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 40 hr 32 min from the farther city to Seattle.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.