Minneapolis · the midpoint
Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 census, it is the state's most populous city. Read more →
Meet halfway between Boston and Seattle
The fair place to meet is Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN — the city closest to the midpoint of Boston and Seattle. From the farther side that’s about 29 hr 10 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
From Boston
23 hr 30 min
1,121 mi to Minneapolis
From Seattle
29 hr 10 min
1,391 mi to Minneapolis
Boston has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 5 hr 40 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Boston and Seattle are about 2,486 miles apart.
More meetups from Boston
Meeting in Minneapolis
Boston and Seattle are about 2,486 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Minneapolis, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 23 hr 30 min of driving on the Boston side and 29 hr 10 min on the Seattle 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. Minneapolis still makes a fair, central place for Boston and Seattle to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Minneapolis doesn't have what you're after, Omaha and Kansas City are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Boston and Seattle.
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 →
Seattle
Seattle is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. 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 Seattle?
- Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 2,486 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 29 hr 10 min from the farther city to Minneapolis.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.