Omaha · the midpoint
Omaha is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is located in the Midwestern United States along the Missouri River, about 10 mi (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River. Read more →
Meet halfway between Detroit and Las Vegas
The fair place to meet is Omaha, NE — the city closest to the midpoint of Detroit and Las Vegas. From the farther side that’s about 22 hr 52 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Omaha, NE
From Detroit
14 hr
667 mi to Omaha
From Las Vegas
22 hr 52 min
1,091 mi to Omaha
Detroit has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 8 hr 52 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Detroit and Las Vegas are about 1,758 miles apart.
More meetups from Detroit
Meeting in Omaha
Detroit and Las Vegas are about 1,758 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Omaha, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 14 hr of driving on the Detroit side and 22 hr 52 min on the Las Vegas 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. Omaha still makes a fair, central place for Detroit and Las Vegas to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Omaha doesn't have what you're after, Kansas City and Oklahoma City are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Detroit and Las Vegas.
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 →
Las Vegas
Las Vegas, colloquially shortened to Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. It is the 24th-most populous city in the United States, with 641,903 residents 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 Las Vegas?
- Omaha, NE is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,758 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 22 hr 52 min from the farther city to Omaha.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.