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 New York and San Antonio
The fair place to meet is Nashville, TN — the city closest to the midpoint of New York and San Antonio. From the farther side that’s about 17 hr 16 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Nashville, TN
From New York
15 hr 54 min
759 mi to Nashville
From San Antonio
17 hr 16 min
823 mi to Nashville
New York has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 1 hr 22 min. The alternatives below can even it out. New York and San Antonio are about 1,581 miles apart.
More meetups from New York
Meeting in Nashville
New York and San Antonio are about 1,581 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Nashville, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 15 hr 54 min of driving on the New York side and 17 hr 16 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. Nashville still makes a fair, central place for New York and San Antonio 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 New York and San Antonio.
About the cities
New York
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural harbors. 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 New York and San Antonio?
- Nashville, TN is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,581 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 17 hr 16 min from the farther city to Nashville.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.