Memphis · the midpoint
Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Read more →
Meet halfway between Detroit and Houston
The fair place to meet is Memphis, TN — the city closest to the midpoint of Detroit and Houston. From the farther side that’s about 13 hr 4 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Memphis, TN
From Detroit
13 hr 4 min
623 mi to Memphis
From Houston
10 hr 9 min
484 mi to Memphis
Houston has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 2 hr 55 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Detroit and Houston are about 1,106 miles apart.
More meetups from Detroit
Meeting in Memphis
Detroit and Houston are about 1,106 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Memphis, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 13 hr 4 min of driving on the Detroit side and 10 hr 9 min on the Houston 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 Detroit and Houston to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Memphis doesn't have what you're after, Nashville and Birmingham are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Detroit and Houston.
About the cities
Detroit
Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from the Canadian city of Windsor, Ontario. It is the 26th-most populous city in the United States and the largest U.S. Read more →
Houston
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States. It is the fourth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.3 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 Detroit and Houston?
- Memphis, TN is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,106 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 13 hr 4 min from the farther city to Memphis.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.