Nashville · the midpoint
Nashville is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, located on the Cumberland River. Read more →
Meet halfway between Detroit and New Orleans
The fair place to meet is Nashville, TN — the city closest to the midpoint of Detroit and New Orleans. From the farther side that’s about 9 hr 52 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Nashville, TN
From Detroit
9 hr 52 min
471 mi to Nashville
From New Orleans
9 hr 51 min
469 mi to Nashville
That’s an even split — both sides drive within 1 min of each other. Detroit and New Orleans are about 940 miles apart.
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Meeting in Nashville
Detroit and New Orleans are about 940 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Nashville, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That splits the trip almost evenly — about 9 hr 52 min from Detroit and 9 hr 51 min from New Orleans.
Over this distance most people will fly rather than drive the whole way. Nashville still makes a fair, central place for Detroit and New Orleans to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Nashville doesn't have what you're after, Louisville and Birmingham are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Detroit and New Orleans.
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 →
New Orleans
New Orleans is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. 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 New Orleans?
- Nashville, TN is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 940 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 9 hr 52 min from the farther city to Nashville.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.