Meet halfway between Detroit and Los Angeles
The fair place to meet is Oklahoma City, OK — the city closest to the midpoint of Detroit and Los Angeles. From the farther side that’s about 24 hr 43 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Oklahoma City, OK
From Detroit
19 hr 4 min
909 mi to Oklahoma City
From Los Angeles
24 hr 43 min
1,178 mi to Oklahoma City
Detroit has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 5 hr 39 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Detroit and Los Angeles are about 1,979 miles apart.
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Meeting in Oklahoma City
Detroit and Los Angeles are about 1,979 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 19 hr 4 min of driving on the Detroit side and 24 hr 43 min on the Los Angeles 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 Detroit and Los Angeles to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Oklahoma City doesn't have what you're after, Denver and Omaha are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Detroit and Los Angeles.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Detroit and Los Angeles?
- Oklahoma City, OK is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,979 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 24 hr 43 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.