Louisville · the midpoint
Louisville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States. Read more →
Meet halfway between Boston and Dallas
The fair place to meet is Louisville, KY — the city closest to the midpoint of Boston and Dallas. From the farther side that’s about 17 hr 16 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Louisville, KY
From Boston
17 hr 16 min
824 mi to Louisville
From Dallas
15 hr 14 min
726 mi to Louisville
Dallas has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 2 hr 2 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Boston and Dallas are about 1,549 miles apart.
More meetups from Boston
Meeting in Louisville
Boston and Dallas are about 1,549 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Louisville, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 17 hr 16 min of driving on the Boston side and 15 hr 14 min on the Dallas 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. Louisville still makes a fair, central place for Boston and Dallas to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Louisville doesn't have what you're after, Cincinnati and Columbus are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Boston and Dallas.
About the cities
Boston
Boston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It serves as a cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States. Read more →
Dallas
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in the state's northern region, it is the ninth-most populous city in the United States and third-most populous city in Texas, with a population of 1.3 million at the 2020 census. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Boston and Dallas?
- Louisville, KY is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,549 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 17 hr 16 min from the farther city to Louisville.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.