MidRally

Meet halfway between Orlando and Seattle

The fair place to meet is Denver, CO — the city closest to the midpoint of Orlando and Seattle. From the farther side that’s about 32 hr 29 min of driving.

Denver, CO
Denver, CO — the midpoint Photo: Quintin Soloviev / CC BY 4.0 · Commons

Recommended midpoint

Denver, CO

From Orlando

32 hr 29 min

1,549 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 11 hr 6 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Orlando and Seattle are about 2,546 miles apart.

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Meeting in Denver

Orlando and Seattle are about 2,546 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Denver, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 32 hr 29 min of driving on the Orlando 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 Orlando 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, Oklahoma City and Albuquerque are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Orlando and Seattle.

About the cities

Denver · the midpoint

Denver is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Officially a consolidated city and county, it is located in the South Platte River valley on the western edge of the High Plains, and is just east of the Front Range of the Rocky… Read more →

Orlando

Orlando is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. Part of Central Florida, it is the fourth-most populous city in the state and its most populous inland city, with a population of 307,573 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 Orlando and Seattle?
Denver, CO is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
How far apart are they?
About 2,546 miles by road.
How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
Roughly 32 hr 29 min from the farther city to Denver.

Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.