Boise · the midpoint
Boise is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the county seat of Ada County. The population of the city was 235,685 at the 2020 census. Read more →
Meet halfway between Seattle and Tucson
The fair place to meet is Boise, ID — the city closest to the midpoint of Seattle and Tucson. From the farther side that’s about 17 hr 33 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Boise, ID
From Seattle
8 hr 29 min
405 mi to Boise
From Tucson
17 hr 33 min
837 mi to Boise
Seattle has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 9 hr 4 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Seattle and Tucson are about 1,219 miles apart.
More meetups from Seattle
Meeting in Boise
Seattle and Tucson are about 1,219 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Boise, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 8 hr 29 min of driving on the Seattle side and 17 hr 33 min on the Tucson 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. Boise still makes a fair, central place for Seattle and Tucson to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Boise doesn't have what you're after, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Seattle and Tucson.
About the cities
Seattle
Seattle is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Read more →
Tucson
Tucson is the county seat of and the most populated city in Pima County, Arizona, United States. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Seattle and Tucson?
- Boise, ID is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,219 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 17 hr 33 min from the farther city to Boise.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.