Seattle · the midpoint
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Meet halfway between Anchorage and Minneapolis
The fair place to meet is Seattle, WA — the city closest to the midpoint of Anchorage and Minneapolis. From the farther side that’s about 30 hr 5 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Seattle, WA
From Anchorage
30 hr 5 min
1,435 mi to Seattle
From Minneapolis
29 hr 10 min
1,391 mi to Seattle
Minneapolis has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 55 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Anchorage and Minneapolis are about 2,502 miles apart.
More meetups from Anchorage
Meeting in Seattle
Anchorage and Minneapolis are about 2,502 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 29 hr 10 min on the Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis.
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 →
Minneapolis
Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 census, it is the state's most populous city. 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 Minneapolis?
- Seattle, WA is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 2,502 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.