MidRally

Meet halfway between Denver and San Antonio

The fair place to meet is Oklahoma City, OK — the city closest to the midpoint of Denver and San Antonio. From the farther side that’s about 10 hr 34 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 Denver

10 hr 34 min

504 mi to Oklahoma City

From San Antonio

8 hr 50 min

421 mi to Oklahoma City

San Antonio has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 1 hr 44 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Denver and San Antonio are about 802 miles apart.

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Meeting in Oklahoma City

Denver and San Antonio are about 802 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 10 hr 34 min of driving on the Denver side and 8 hr 50 min on the San Antonio 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 Denver and San Antonio to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.

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

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 →

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 →

San Antonio

San Antonio is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the seventh-most populous city in the United States, the second-most populous city in Texas, and the second-most populous city in the Southern U.S., with a population of 1.43 million 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 San Antonio?
Oklahoma City, OK is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
How far apart are they?
About 802 miles by road.
How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
Roughly 10 hr 34 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.