Cincinnati · the midpoint
Cincinnati is the most populous city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Read more →
Meet halfway between Boston and Oklahoma City
The fair place to meet is Cincinnati, OH — the city closest to the midpoint of Boston and Oklahoma City. From the farther side that’s about 15 hr 52 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Cincinnati, OH
From Boston
15 hr 29 min
738 mi to Cincinnati
From Oklahoma City
15 hr 52 min
757 mi to Cincinnati
Boston has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 23 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Boston and Oklahoma City are about 1,493 miles apart.
More meetups from Boston
Meeting in Cincinnati
Boston and Oklahoma City are about 1,493 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Cincinnati, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 15 hr 29 min of driving on the Boston side and 15 hr 52 min on the Oklahoma City 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. Cincinnati still makes a fair, central place for Boston and Oklahoma City to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Cincinnati doesn't have what you're after, Louisville and Columbus are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Boston and Oklahoma City.
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 →
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the 21st-most populous U.S. city and 8th largest in the Southern United States, with a population of 681,054 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 Oklahoma City?
- Cincinnati, OH is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,493 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 15 hr 52 min from the farther city to Cincinnati.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.