Meet halfway between Boise and Minneapolis
The fair place to meet is Denver, CO — the city closest to the midpoint of Boise and Minneapolis. From the farther side that’s about 14 hr 39 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Denver, CO
From Boise
13 hr 21 min
637 mi to Denver
From Minneapolis
14 hr 39 min
699 mi to Denver
Boise has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 1 hr 18 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Boise and Minneapolis are about 1,134 miles apart.
More meetups from Boise
Meeting in Denver
Boise and Minneapolis are about 1,134 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 14 hr 39 min on the Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Denver doesn't have what you're after, Salt Lake City and Omaha are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Boise and Minneapolis.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Boise and Minneapolis?
- Denver, CO is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,134 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 14 hr 39 min from the farther city to Denver.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.