Meet halfway between Detroit and El Paso
The fair place to meet is Kansas City, MO — the city closest to the midpoint of Detroit and El Paso. From the farther side that’s about 17 hr 36 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Kansas City, MO
From Detroit
13 hr 29 min
643 mi to Kansas City
From El Paso
17 hr 36 min
839 mi to Kansas City
Detroit has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 4 hr 7 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Detroit and El Paso are about 1,477 miles apart.
More meetups from Detroit
Meeting in Kansas City
Detroit and El Paso are about 1,477 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Kansas City, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 13 hr 29 min of driving on the Detroit side and 17 hr 36 min on the El Paso 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. Kansas City still makes a fair, central place for Detroit and El Paso to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Kansas City doesn't have what you're after, Oklahoma City and Memphis are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Detroit and El Paso.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Detroit and El Paso?
- Kansas City, MO is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,477 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 17 hr 36 min from the farther city to Kansas City.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.