MidRally

Meet halfway between Cincinnati and Las Vegas

The fair place to meet is Oklahoma City, OK — the city closest to the midpoint of Cincinnati and Las Vegas. From the farther side that’s about 20 hr 42 min of driving.

Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK — the midpoint Photo: Urbanative / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons

Recommended midpoint

Oklahoma City, OK

From Cincinnati

15 hr 52 min

757 mi to Oklahoma City

From Las Vegas

20 hr 42 min

987 mi to Oklahoma City

Cincinnati has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 4 hr 50 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Cincinnati and Las Vegas are about 1,680 miles apart.

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Meeting in Oklahoma City

Cincinnati and Las Vegas are about 1,680 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Oklahoma City, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 15 hr 52 min of driving on the Cincinnati side and 20 hr 42 min on the Las Vegas 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. Oklahoma City still makes a fair, central place for Cincinnati and Las Vegas to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.

If Oklahoma City doesn't have what you're after, Kansas City and Denver are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Cincinnati and Las Vegas.

About the cities

Oklahoma City · the midpoint

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 →

Cincinnati

Cincinnati is the most populous city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Read more →

Las Vegas

Las Vegas, colloquially shortened to Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. It is the 24th-most populous city in the United States, with 641,903 residents 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 Cincinnati and Las Vegas?
Oklahoma City, OK is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
How far apart are they?
About 1,680 miles by road.
How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
Roughly 20 hr 42 min from the farther city to Oklahoma City.

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