Memphis · the midpoint
Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Read more →
Meet halfway between Houston and Louisville
The fair place to meet is Memphis, TN — the city closest to the midpoint of Houston and Louisville. From the farther side that’s about 10 hr 9 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Memphis, TN
From Houston
10 hr 9 min
484 mi to Memphis
From Louisville
6 hr 43 min
320 mi to Memphis
Louisville has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 3 hr 26 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Houston and Louisville are about 804 miles apart.
More meetups from Houston
Meeting in Memphis
Houston and Louisville are about 804 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Memphis, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 10 hr 9 min of driving on the Houston side and 6 hr 43 min on the Louisville 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. Memphis still makes a fair, central place for Houston and Louisville to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Memphis doesn't have what you're after, Birmingham and Nashville are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Houston and Louisville.
About the cities
Houston
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States. It is the fourth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.3 million at the 2020 census. Read more →
Louisville
Louisville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Houston and Louisville?
- Memphis, TN is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 804 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 10 hr 9 min from the farther city to Memphis.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.