MidRally

Meet halfway between Atlanta and Seattle

The fair place to meet is Denver, CO — the city closest to the midpoint of Atlanta and Seattle. From the farther side that’s about 25 hr 22 min of driving.

Denver, CO
Denver, CO — the midpoint Photo: Quintin Soloviev / CC BY 4.0 · Commons

Recommended midpoint

Denver, CO

From Atlanta

25 hr 22 min

1,210 mi to Denver

From Seattle

21 hr 23 min

1,020 mi to Denver

Seattle has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 3 hr 59 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Atlanta and Seattle are about 2,178 miles apart.

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Meeting in Denver

Atlanta and Seattle are about 2,178 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Denver, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 25 hr 22 min of driving on the Atlanta side and 21 hr 23 min on the Seattle 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. Denver still makes a fair, central place for Atlanta and Seattle to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.

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

About the cities

Denver · the midpoint

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 →

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 →

Seattle

Seattle is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. 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 Seattle?
Denver, CO is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
How far apart are they?
About 2,178 miles by road.
How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
Roughly 25 hr 22 min from the farther city to Denver.

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