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 Miami and Minneapolis
The fair place to meet is Nashville, TN — the city closest to the midpoint of Miami and Minneapolis. From the farther side that’s about 17 hr 8 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Nashville, TN
From Miami
17 hr 8 min
817 mi to Nashville
From Minneapolis
14 hr 37 min
697 mi to Nashville
Minneapolis has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 2 hr 31 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Miami and Minneapolis are about 1,514 miles apart.
More meetups from Miami
Meeting in Nashville
Miami and Minneapolis are about 1,514 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Nashville, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 17 hr 8 min of driving on the Miami side and 14 hr 37 min on the Minneapolis 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. Nashville still makes a fair, central place for Miami and Minneapolis to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Nashville doesn't have what you're after, Birmingham and Atlanta are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Miami and Minneapolis.
About the cities
Miami
Miami is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida. It is the second-most populous city proper in Florida, with a population of 442,241 at the 2020 census. Read more →
Minneapolis
Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 census, it is the state's most populous city. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Miami and Minneapolis?
- Nashville, TN is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,514 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 17 hr 8 min from the farther city to Nashville.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.