MidRally

Meet halfway between Buffalo and Dallas

The fair place to meet is Louisville, KY — the city closest to the midpoint of Buffalo and Dallas. From the farther side that’s about 15 hr 14 min of driving.

Louisville, KY
Louisville, KY — the midpoint Photo: Charles Delano of LouisvilleUSACE - Louisville District of the … / CC BY 2.0 · Commons

Recommended midpoint

Louisville, KY

From Buffalo

10 hr 7 min

482 mi to Louisville

From Dallas

15 hr 14 min

726 mi to Louisville

Buffalo has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 5 hr 7 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Buffalo and Dallas are about 1,198 miles apart.

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Meeting in Louisville

Buffalo and Dallas are about 1,198 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Louisville, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 10 hr 7 min of driving on the Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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, Nashville and Indianapolis are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Buffalo and Dallas.

About the cities

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 →

Buffalo

Buffalo is a city in the U.S. state of New York. It lies in Western New York on the eastern shore of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River on the Canada–United States border. 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 Buffalo and Dallas?
Louisville, KY is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
How far apart are they?
About 1,198 miles by road.
How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
Roughly 15 hr 14 min from the farther city to Louisville.

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