MidRally

Meet halfway between Denver and Oklahoma City

The fair place to meet is Albuquerque, NM — the city closest to the midpoint of Denver and Oklahoma City. From the farther side that’s about 10 hr 49 min of driving.

Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque, NM — the midpoint Photo: Quintin Soloviev / CC BY 4.0 · Commons

Recommended midpoint

Albuquerque, NM

From Denver

7 hr 1 min

334 mi to Albuquerque

From Oklahoma City

10 hr 49 min

516 mi to Albuquerque

Denver has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 3 hr 48 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Denver and Oklahoma City are about 504 miles apart.

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Meeting in Albuquerque

Denver and Oklahoma City are about 504 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Albuquerque, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 7 hr 1 min of driving on the Denver side and 10 hr 49 min on the Oklahoma City side — the fairest single meeting point among the cities near the middle.

That's a half-day drive from each side, so Albuquerque suits an overnight or a weekend rather than a quick coffee — long enough to want a reason to stay, short enough to drive.

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

About the cities

Albuquerque · the midpoint

Albuquerque is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Founded in 1706 as La Villa de Alburquerque by Santa Fe de Nuevo México governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés, and named in honor of Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque… Read more →

Denver

Denver is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Officially a consolidated city and county, it is located in the South Platte River valley on the western edge of the High Plains, and is just east of the Front Range of the Rocky… Read more →

Oklahoma City

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 →

City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.

Questions

Where is the halfway point between Denver and Oklahoma City?
Albuquerque, NM is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
How far apart are they?
About 504 miles by road.
How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
Roughly 10 hr 49 min from the farther city to Albuquerque.

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