Salt Lake City · the midpoint
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. Read more →
Meet halfway between Dallas and Portland
The fair place to meet is Salt Lake City, UT — the city closest to the midpoint of Dallas and Portland. From the farther side that’s about 20 hr 57 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Salt Lake City, UT
From Dallas
20 hr 57 min
999 mi to Salt Lake City
From Portland
13 hr 18 min
635 mi to Salt Lake City
Portland has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 7 hr 39 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Dallas and Portland are about 1,631 miles apart.
More meetups from Dallas
Meeting in Salt Lake City
Dallas and Portland are about 1,631 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Salt Lake City, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 20 hr 57 min of driving on the Dallas side and 13 hr 18 min on the Portland 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. Salt Lake City still makes a fair, central place for Dallas and Portland to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Salt Lake City doesn't have what you're after, Denver and Albuquerque are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Dallas and Portland.
About the cities
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 →
Portland
Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Located in the Pacific Northwest at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the 28th-most populous city in the United States, sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and… Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Dallas and Portland?
- Salt Lake City, UT is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,631 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 20 hr 57 min from the farther city to Salt Lake City.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.