Nashville · the midpoint
Nashville is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, located on the Cumberland River. Read more →
Meet halfway between Buffalo and New Orleans
The fair place to meet is Nashville, TN — the city closest to the midpoint of Buffalo and New Orleans. From the farther side that’s about 13 hr 8 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Nashville, TN
From Buffalo
13 hr 8 min
627 mi to Nashville
From New Orleans
9 hr 51 min
469 mi to Nashville
New Orleans has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 3 hr 17 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Buffalo and New Orleans are about 1,087 miles apart.
More meetups from Buffalo
Meeting in Nashville
Buffalo and New Orleans are about 1,087 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Nashville, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 13 hr 8 min of driving on the Buffalo side and 9 hr 51 min on the New Orleans 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. Nashville still makes a fair, central place for Buffalo and New Orleans to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Nashville doesn't have what you're after, Louisville and Atlanta are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Buffalo and New Orleans.
About the cities
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 →
New Orleans
New Orleans is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. 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 New Orleans?
- Nashville, TN is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,087 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 13 hr 8 min from the farther city to Nashville.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.