Pittsburgh · the midpoint
Pittsburgh is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. Read more →
Meet halfway between Boston and Memphis
The fair place to meet is Pittsburgh, PA — the city closest to the midpoint of Boston and Memphis. From the farther side that’s about 13 hr 49 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Pittsburgh, PA
From Boston
10 hr 6 min
482 mi to Pittsburgh
From Memphis
13 hr 49 min
659 mi to Pittsburgh
Boston has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 3 hr 43 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Boston and Memphis are about 1,135 miles apart.
More meetups from Boston
Meeting in Pittsburgh
Boston and Memphis are about 1,135 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Pittsburgh, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 10 hr 6 min of driving on the Boston side and 13 hr 49 min on the Memphis 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. Pittsburgh still makes a fair, central place for Boston and Memphis to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Pittsburgh doesn't have what you're after, Columbus and Richmond are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Boston and Memphis.
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 →
Memphis
Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. 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 Memphis?
- Pittsburgh, PA is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,135 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 13 hr 49 min from the farther city to Pittsburgh.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.