Memphis · the midpoint
Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Read more →
Meet halfway between Denver and Orlando
The fair place to meet is Memphis, TN — the city closest to the midpoint of Denver and Orlando. From the farther side that’s about 18 hr 24 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Memphis, TN
From Denver
18 hr 24 min
877 mi to Memphis
From Orlando
14 hr 20 min
683 mi to Memphis
Orlando has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 4 hr 4 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Denver and Orlando are about 1,549 miles apart.
More meetups from Denver
Meeting in Memphis
Denver and Orlando are about 1,549 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Memphis, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 18 hr 24 min of driving on the Denver side and 14 hr 20 min on the Orlando 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. Memphis still makes a fair, central place for Denver and Orlando to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Memphis doesn't have what you're after, Dallas and Oklahoma City are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Denver and Orlando.
About the cities
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 →
Orlando
Orlando is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. Part of Central Florida, it is the fourth-most populous city in the state and its most populous inland city, with a population of 307,573 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 Orlando?
- Memphis, TN is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,549 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 18 hr 24 min from the farther city to Memphis.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.