Meet halfway between New Orleans and Seattle
The fair place to meet is Denver, CO — the city closest to the midpoint of New Orleans and Seattle. From the farther side that’s about 22 hr 39 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Denver, CO
From New Orleans
22 hr 39 min
1,080 mi to Denver
From Seattle
21 hr 23 min
1,020 mi to Denver
Seattle has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 1 hr 16 min. The alternatives below can even it out. New Orleans and Seattle are about 2,099 miles apart.
More meetups from New Orleans
Meeting in Denver
New Orleans and Seattle are about 2,099 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Denver, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 22 hr 39 min of driving on the New Orleans 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 New Orleans 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, Albuquerque and Salt Lake City are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between New Orleans and Seattle.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between New Orleans and Seattle?
- Denver, CO is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 2,099 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 22 hr 39 min from the farther city to Denver.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.