Memphis · the midpoint
Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Read more →
Meet halfway between Louisville and San Antonio
The fair place to meet is Memphis, TN — the city closest to the midpoint of Louisville and San Antonio. From the farther side that’s about 13 hr 15 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Memphis, TN
From Louisville
6 hr 43 min
320 mi to Memphis
From San Antonio
13 hr 15 min
632 mi to Memphis
Louisville has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 6 hr 32 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Louisville and San Antonio are about 950 miles apart.
More meetups from Louisville
Meeting in Memphis
Louisville and San Antonio are about 950 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Memphis, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 6 hr 43 min of driving on the Louisville side and 13 hr 15 min on the San Antonio 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 Louisville and San Antonio to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Memphis doesn't have what you're after, Dallas and New Orleans are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Louisville and San Antonio.
About the cities
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 →
San Antonio
San Antonio is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the seventh-most populous city in the United States, the second-most populous city in Texas, and the second-most populous city in the Southern U.S., with a population of 1.43 million at the 2020 census. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Louisville and San Antonio?
- Memphis, TN is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 950 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 13 hr 15 min from the farther city to Memphis.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.