Nashville · the midpoint
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Meet halfway between Oklahoma City and Raleigh
The fair place to meet is Nashville, TN — the city closest to the midpoint of Oklahoma City and Raleigh. From the farther side that’s about 12 hr 39 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Nashville, TN
From Oklahoma City
12 hr 39 min
603 mi to Nashville
From Raleigh
9 hr 34 min
456 mi to Nashville
Raleigh has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 3 hr 5 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Oklahoma City and Raleigh are about 1,059 miles apart.
More meetups from Oklahoma City
Meeting in Nashville
Oklahoma City and Raleigh are about 1,059 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Nashville, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 12 hr 39 min of driving on the Oklahoma City side and 9 hr 34 min on the Raleigh 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 Oklahoma City and Raleigh to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Nashville doesn't have what you're after, Memphis and Birmingham are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Oklahoma City and Raleigh.
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 →
Raleigh
Raleigh is the capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the second-most populous city in the state, tenth most populous city in the Southeast, the largest city in the Research Triangle area, and the 39th-most populous city in the U.S. 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 Raleigh?
- Nashville, TN is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,059 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 12 hr 39 min from the farther city to Nashville.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.