Salt Lake City · the midpoint
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. Read more →
Meet halfway between Oklahoma City and Seattle
The fair place to meet is Salt Lake City, UT — the city closest to the midpoint of Oklahoma City and Seattle. From the farther side that’s about 18 hr 4 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Salt Lake City, UT
From Oklahoma City
18 hr 4 min
861 mi to Salt Lake City
From Seattle
14 hr 40 min
700 mi to Salt Lake City
Seattle has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 3 hr 24 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Oklahoma City and Seattle are about 1,523 miles apart.
More meetups from Oklahoma City
Meeting in Salt Lake City
Oklahoma City and Seattle are about 1,523 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Salt Lake City, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 18 hr 4 min of driving on the Oklahoma City side and 14 hr 40 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. Salt Lake City still makes a fair, central place for Oklahoma City and Seattle to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Salt Lake City doesn't have what you're after, Denver and Boise are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Oklahoma City and Seattle.
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 →
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 Oklahoma City and Seattle?
- Salt Lake City, UT is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,523 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 18 hr 4 min from the farther city to Salt Lake City.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.