MidRally

Meet halfway between Boise and Indianapolis

The fair place to meet is Denver, CO — the city closest to the midpoint of Boise and Indianapolis. From the farther side that’s about 20 hr 56 min of driving.

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

Recommended midpoint

Denver, CO

From Boise

13 hr 21 min

637 mi to Denver

From Indianapolis

20 hr 56 min

999 mi to Denver

Boise has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 7 hr 35 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Boise and Indianapolis are about 1,564 miles apart.

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Meeting in Denver

Boise and Indianapolis are about 1,564 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Denver, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 13 hr 21 min of driving on the Boise side and 20 hr 56 min on the Indianapolis 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 Boise and Indianapolis 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 Kansas City are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Boise and Indianapolis.

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 →

Boise

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 →

Indianapolis

Indianapolis, colloquially known as Indy, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Marion County. Indianapolis is situated in the state's central till plain region along the west fork of the White River. Read more →

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

Questions

Where is the halfway point between Boise and Indianapolis?
Denver, CO is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
How far apart are they?
About 1,564 miles by road.
How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
Roughly 20 hr 56 min from the farther city to Denver.

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