MidRally

Meet halfway between Boston and Las Vegas

The fair place to meet is Kansas City, MO — the city closest to the midpoint of Boston and Las Vegas. From the farther side that’s about 26 hr 10 min of driving.

Kansas City, MO
Kansas City, MO — the midpoint Photo: Stephen Edmonds / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons

Recommended midpoint

Kansas City, MO

From Boston

26 hr 10 min

1,248 mi to Kansas City

From Las Vegas

23 hr 55 min

1,141 mi to Kansas City

Las Vegas has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 2 hr 15 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Boston and Las Vegas are about 2,369 miles apart.

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Meeting in Kansas City

Boston and Las Vegas are about 2,369 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Kansas City, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 26 hr 10 min of driving on the Boston side and 23 hr 55 min on the Las Vegas 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. Kansas City still makes a fair, central place for Boston and Las Vegas to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.

If Kansas City doesn't have what you're after, Omaha and Memphis are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Boston and Las Vegas.

About the cities

Kansas City · the midpoint

Kansas City, abbreviated KC or KCMO, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by both population and area. It is located on the Missouri River at its confluence with the Kansas River, within Jackson, Clay, Platte and Cass counties. Read more →

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 →

Las Vegas

Las Vegas, colloquially shortened to Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. It is the 24th-most populous city in the United States, with 641,903 residents 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 Las Vegas?
Kansas City, MO is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
How far apart are they?
About 2,369 miles by road.
How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
Roughly 26 hr 10 min from the farther city to Kansas City.

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