MidRally

Meet halfway between Anchorage and Honolulu

The fair place to meet is Portland, OR — the city closest to the midpoint of Anchorage and Honolulu. From the farther side that’s about 54 hr 24 min of driving.

Portland, OR
Portland, OR — the midpoint Photo: Spicypepper999 / CC0 · Commons

Recommended midpoint

Portland, OR

From Anchorage

32 hr 17 min

1,540 mi to Portland

From Honolulu

54 hr 24 min

2,594 mi to Portland

Anchorage has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 22 hr 7 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Anchorage and Honolulu are about 2,784 miles apart.

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Meeting in Portland

Anchorage and Honolulu are about 2,784 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Portland, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 32 hr 17 min of driving on the Anchorage side and 54 hr 24 min on the Honolulu 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. Portland still makes a fair, central place for Anchorage and Honolulu to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.

If Portland doesn't have what you're after, Seattle and San Francisco are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Anchorage and Honolulu.

About the cities

Portland · the midpoint

Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Located in the Pacific Northwest at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the 28th-most populous city in the United States, sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and… 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 →

Honolulu

Honolulu is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, located in the Pacific Ocean. It is the county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu, situated along the southeast coast of the island of Oʻahu. 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 Honolulu?
Portland, OR is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
How far apart are they?
About 2,784 miles by road.
How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
Roughly 54 hr 24 min from the farther city to Portland.

Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.