MidRally

Meet halfway between Birmingham and Denver

The fair place to meet is Oklahoma City, OK — the city closest to the midpoint of Birmingham and Denver. From the farther side that’s about 13 hr 5 min of driving.

Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK — the midpoint Photo: Urbanative / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons

Recommended midpoint

Oklahoma City, OK

From Birmingham

13 hr 5 min

624 mi to Oklahoma City

From Denver

10 hr 34 min

504 mi to Oklahoma City

Denver has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 2 hr 31 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Birmingham and Denver are about 1,093 miles apart.

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Meeting in Oklahoma City

Birmingham and Denver are about 1,093 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Oklahoma City, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 13 hr 5 min of driving on the Birmingham side and 10 hr 34 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. Oklahoma City still makes a fair, central place for Birmingham and Denver to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.

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

About the cities

Oklahoma City · the midpoint

Oklahoma City, often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the 21st-most populous U.S. city and 8th largest in the Southern United States, with a population of 681,054 at the 2020 census. Read more →

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. It is the third-most populous city in the state, with an estimated population of 196,357 as of 2024. 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 Birmingham and Denver?
Oklahoma City, OK is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
How far apart are they?
About 1,093 miles by road.
How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
Roughly 13 hr 5 min from the farther city to Oklahoma City.

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