Boise · the midpoint
Boise is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the county seat of Ada County. The population of the city was 235,685 at the 2020 census. Read more →
Meet halfway between Anchorage and Raleigh
The fair place to meet is Boise, ID — the city closest to the midpoint of Anchorage and Raleigh. From the farther side that’s about 42 hr 59 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Boise, ID
From Anchorage
38 hr 27 min
1,834 mi to Boise
From Raleigh
42 hr 59 min
2,050 mi to Boise
Anchorage has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 4 hr 32 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Anchorage and Raleigh are about 3,480 miles apart.
More meetups from Anchorage
Meeting in Boise
Anchorage and Raleigh are about 3,480 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Boise, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 38 hr 27 min of driving on the Anchorage side and 42 hr 59 min on the Raleigh 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. Boise still makes a fair, central place for Anchorage and Raleigh to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Boise doesn't have what you're after, Seattle and Portland are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Anchorage and Raleigh.
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 →
Raleigh
Raleigh is the capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the second-most populous city in the state, tenth most populous city in the Southeast, the largest city in the Research Triangle area, and the 39th-most populous city in the 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 Raleigh?
- Boise, ID is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 3,480 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 42 hr 59 min from the farther city to Boise.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.