MidRally

Meet halfway between El Paso and Indianapolis

The fair place to meet is Oklahoma City, OK — the city closest to the midpoint of El Paso and Indianapolis. From the farther side that’s about 14 hr 26 min of driving.

Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK — the midpoint Photo: Urbanative / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons

Recommended midpoint

Oklahoma City, OK

From El Paso

12 hr 4 min

576 mi to Oklahoma City

From Indianapolis

14 hr 26 min

688 mi to Oklahoma City

El Paso has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 2 hr 22 min. The alternatives below can even it out. El Paso and Indianapolis are about 1,263 miles apart.

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Meeting in Oklahoma City

El Paso and Indianapolis are about 1,263 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 12 hr 4 min of driving on the El Paso side and 14 hr 26 min on the Indianapolis 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 El Paso and Indianapolis to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.

If Oklahoma City doesn't have what you're after, Dallas and Kansas City are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between El Paso and Indianapolis.

About the cities

Oklahoma City · the midpoint

Oklahoma City, often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the 21st-most populous U.S. city and 8th largest in the Southern United States, with a population of 681,054 at the 2020 census. Read more →

El Paso

El Paso is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States. It is the 22nd-most populous city in the U.S., sixth-most populous city in Texas, and the most populous city in West Texas with a population of 678,815 at the 2020 census. Read more →

Indianapolis

Indianapolis, colloquially known as Indy, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Marion County. Indianapolis is situated in the state's central till plain region along the west fork of the White River. Read more →

City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.

Questions

Where is the halfway point between El Paso and Indianapolis?
Oklahoma City, OK is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
How far apart are they?
About 1,263 miles by road.
How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
Roughly 14 hr 26 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.