MidRally

Meet halfway between Atlanta and Denver

The fair place to meet is Kansas City, MO — the city closest to the midpoint of Atlanta and Denver. From the farther side that’s about 14 hr 10 min of driving.

Kansas City, MO
Kansas City, MO — the midpoint Photo: Stephen Edmonds / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons

Recommended midpoint

Kansas City, MO

From Atlanta

14 hr 10 min

676 mi to Kansas City

From Denver

11 hr 41 min

557 mi to Kansas City

Denver has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 2 hr 29 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Atlanta and Denver are about 1,210 miles apart.

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Meeting in Kansas City

Atlanta and Denver are about 1,210 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Kansas City, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 14 hr 10 min of driving on the Atlanta side and 11 hr 41 min on the Denver 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. Kansas City still makes a fair, central place for Atlanta and Denver to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.

If Kansas City doesn't have what you're after, Oklahoma City and Memphis are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Atlanta and Denver.

About the cities

Kansas City · the midpoint

Kansas City, abbreviated KC or KCMO, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by both population and area. It is located on the Missouri River at its confluence with the Kansas River, within Jackson, Clay, Platte and Cass counties. Read more →

Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the county seat of Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County. Read more →

Denver

Denver is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Officially a consolidated city and county, it is located in the South Platte River valley on the western edge of the High Plains, and is just east of the Front Range of the Rocky… Read more →

City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.

Questions

Where is the halfway point between Atlanta and Denver?
Kansas City, MO is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
How far apart are they?
About 1,210 miles by road.
How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
Roughly 14 hr 10 min from the farther city to Kansas City.

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