MidRally

Meet halfway between Milwaukee and Seattle

The fair place to meet is Denver, CO — the city closest to the midpoint of Milwaukee and Seattle. From the farther side that’s about 21 hr 23 min of driving.

Denver, CO
Denver, CO — the midpoint Photo: Quintin Soloviev / CC BY 4.0 · Commons

Recommended midpoint

Denver, CO

From Milwaukee

19 hr 8 min

913 mi to Denver

From Seattle

21 hr 23 min

1,020 mi to Denver

Milwaukee has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 2 hr 15 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Milwaukee and Seattle are about 1,687 miles apart.

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Meeting in Denver

Milwaukee and Seattle are about 1,687 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Denver, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 19 hr 8 min of driving on the Milwaukee side and 21 hr 23 min on the Seattle 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. Denver still makes a fair, central place for Milwaukee and Seattle to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.

If Denver doesn't have what you're after, Salt Lake City and Omaha are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Milwaukee and Seattle.

About the cities

Denver · the midpoint

Denver is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Officially a consolidated city and county, it is located in the South Platte River valley on the western edge of the High Plains, and is just east of the Front Range of the Rocky… Read more →

Milwaukee

Milwaukee is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan at the confluence of the Milwaukee, Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic Rivers. 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 Milwaukee and Seattle?
Denver, CO is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
How far apart are they?
About 1,687 miles by road.
How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
Roughly 21 hr 23 min from the farther city to Denver.

Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.