Salt Lake City · the midpoint
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. Read more →
Meet halfway between El Paso and Seattle
The fair place to meet is Salt Lake City, UT — the city closest to the midpoint of El Paso and Seattle. From the farther side that’s about 14 hr 40 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Salt Lake City, UT
From El Paso
14 hr 29 min
691 mi to Salt Lake City
From Seattle
14 hr 40 min
700 mi to Salt Lake City
That’s an even split — both sides drive within 11 min of each other. El Paso and Seattle are about 1,376 miles apart.
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Meeting in Salt Lake City
El Paso and Seattle are about 1,376 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Salt Lake City, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That splits the trip almost evenly — about 14 hr 29 min from El Paso and 14 hr 40 min from Seattle.
Over this distance most people will fly rather than drive the whole way. Salt Lake City still makes a fair, central place for El Paso and Seattle to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Salt Lake City doesn't have what you're after, Las Vegas and Boise are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between El Paso and Seattle.
About the cities
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 →
Seattle
Seattle is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. 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 Seattle?
- Salt Lake City, UT is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,376 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 14 hr 40 min from the farther city to Salt Lake City.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.