Nashville · the midpoint
Nashville is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, located on the Cumberland River. Read more →
Meet halfway between Austin and Buffalo
The fair place to meet is Nashville, TN — the city closest to the midpoint of Austin and Buffalo. From the farther side that’s about 15 hr 47 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Nashville, TN
From Austin
15 hr 47 min
752 mi to Nashville
From Buffalo
13 hr 8 min
627 mi to Nashville
Buffalo has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 2 hr 39 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Austin and Buffalo are about 1,357 miles apart.
More meetups from Austin
Meeting in Nashville
Austin and Buffalo are about 1,357 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Nashville, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 15 hr 47 min of driving on the Austin side and 13 hr 8 min on the Buffalo 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. Nashville still makes a fair, central place for Austin and Buffalo to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Nashville doesn't have what you're after, Memphis and Louisville are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Austin and Buffalo.
About the cities
Austin
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. With a population of 961,855 at the 2020 census, it is the 12th-most populous city in the U.S., fifth-most populous city in Texas, and second-most populous U.S. Read more →
Buffalo
Buffalo is a city in the U.S. state of New York. It lies in Western New York on the eastern shore of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River on the Canada–United States border. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Austin and Buffalo?
- Nashville, TN is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,357 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 15 hr 47 min from the farther city to Nashville.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.