Louisville · the midpoint
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 →
Meet halfway between Oklahoma City and Pittsburgh
The fair place to meet is Louisville, KY — the city closest to the midpoint of Oklahoma City and Pittsburgh. From the farther side that’s about 14 hr 12 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Louisville, KY
From Oklahoma City
14 hr 12 min
677 mi to Louisville
From Pittsburgh
7 hr 11 min
343 mi to Louisville
Pittsburgh has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 7 hr 1 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Oklahoma City and Pittsburgh are about 1,012 miles apart.
More meetups from Oklahoma City
Meeting in Louisville
Oklahoma City and Pittsburgh are about 1,012 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Louisville, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 14 hr 12 min of driving on the Oklahoma City side and 7 hr 11 min on the Pittsburgh 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. Louisville still makes a fair, central place for Oklahoma City and Pittsburgh to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Louisville doesn't have what you're after, Nashville and Indianapolis are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Oklahoma City and Pittsburgh.
About the cities
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the 21st-most populous U.S. city and 8th largest in the Southern United States, with a population of 681,054 at the 2020 census. Read more →
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Oklahoma City and Pittsburgh?
- Louisville, KY is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,012 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 14 hr 12 min from the farther city to Louisville.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.