Halfway from Dayton, OH

Pick the other city and the guide does the rest: three meeting towns, both drive splits, detours, and estimated hotel counts. The two biggest draws are halfway between Dayton and Los Angeles — meet in Garden City, about 14 h 59 from Dayton — and halfway between Dayton and Chicago (meet in Kokomo, 2 h 25 out). For a long haul, Dayton to San Francisco runs an estimated 33 h 56 across 2171.2 mi, with a first meeting town at Sidney.

Ranked by combined city size — the pairs people search most from a city of 137,309 people:

Every one of the 149 pairs from Dayton has a full guide, grouped below by where the other city sits — Northeast (18), Southeast (59), Midwest (31), Southwest (17), West (24). Each row links the guide with its meeting town, estimated drive, and road distance; the shortest hop is Cincinnati at 1 h 29 and the longest is San Francisco at 33 h 56.

The eight shortest estimated drives out of Dayton — useful when the real goal is a quick handoff or a single-night meet:

Dayton anchors the Dayton OH metro and sits at 39.7589° N, 84.1916° W in the America/New_York timezone — handy context when one of you is crossing zones for the meet.

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Drives of nine-plus estimated hours get a full overnight plan on this site — where to sleep after each driving day, arrival clocks, and the food-and-fuel reality of each stop town. 91 corridors from Dayton:

• Dayton to San Francisco — 33 h 56 estimated
• Dayton to Oakland — 33 h 47 estimated
• Dayton to Fremont — 33 h 37 estimated
• Dayton to San Jose — 33 h 36 estimated
• Dayton to Eugene — 33 h 11 estimated
• Dayton to Sacramento — 32 h 53 estimated
• Dayton to Stockton — 32 h 53 estimated
• Dayton to Modesto — 32 h 44 estimated
• Dayton to Portland — 32 h 44 estimated
• Dayton to Tacoma — 32 h 32 estimated
• Dayton to Seattle — 32 h 27 estimated
• Dayton to Oxnard — 32 h 24 estimated
• Dayton to Fresno — 31 h 58 estimated
• Dayton to Bakersfield — 31 h 47 estimated
• Dayton to Long Beach — 31 h 43 estimated
• Dayton to Los Angeles — 31 h 38 estimated
• Dayton to Huntington Beach — 31 h 36 estimated
• Dayton to Anaheim — 31 h 26 estimated
• Dayton to Irvine — 31 h 26 estimated
• Dayton to Santa Ana — 31 h 26 estimated
• Dayton to San Diego — 31 h 17 estimated
• Dayton to Chula Vista — 31 h 15 estimated
• Dayton to Reno — 31 h 11 estimated
• Dayton to Riverside — 30 h 54 estimated
• Dayton to Spokane — 28 h 41 estimated
• Dayton to Las Vegas — 28 h 05 estimated
• Dayton to Henderson — 27 h 59 estimated
• Dayton to Boise — 27 h 32 estimated
• Dayton to Phoenix — 26 h 30 estimated
• Dayton to Chandler — 26 h 21 estimated
• Dayton to Scottsdale — 26 h 21 estimated
• Dayton to Mesa — 26 h 18 estimated
• Dayton to Gilbert — 26 h 17 estimated
• Dayton to Tucson — 26 h 08 estimated
• Dayton to Missoula — 25 h 56 estimated
• Dayton to Salt Lake City — 24 h 07 estimated
• Dayton to El Paso — 22 h 33 estimated
• Dayton to Billings — 21 h 27 estimated
• Dayton to Albuquerque — 21 h 02 estimated
• Dayton to McAllen — 20 h 30 estimated
• Dayton to Brownsville — 20 h 20 estimated
• Dayton to Laredo — 20 h 09 estimated
• Dayton to Corpus Christi — 18 h 32 estimated
• Dayton to Denver — 18 h 15 estimated
• Dayton to Fort Collins — 18 h 15 estimated
• Dayton to Aurora — 18 h 07 estimated
• Dayton to San Antonio — 17 h 53 estimated
• Dayton to Lubbock — 17 h 39 estimated
• Dayton to Rapid City — 16 h 54 estimated
• Dayton to Amarillo — 16 h 48 estimated
• Dayton to Austin — 16 h 41 estimated
• Dayton to Miami — 16 h 28 estimated
• Dayton to Hialeah — 16 h 21 estimated
• Dayton to Bismarck — 15 h 57 estimated
• Dayton to Houston — 15 h 31 estimated
• Dayton to Cape Coral — 15 h 15 estimated
• Dayton to Waco — 15 h 15 estimated
• Dayton to Fort Worth — 14 h 31 estimated
• Dayton to Arlington — 14 h 21 estimated
• Dayton to Dallas — 14 h 05 estimated
• Dayton to Garland — 13 h 52 estimated
• Dayton to Plano — 13 h 51 estimated
• Dayton to Tampa — 13 h 37 estimated
• Dayton to Fargo — 13 h 15 estimated
• Dayton to Orlando — 13 h 07 estimated
• Dayton to Oklahoma City — 13 h 01 estimated
• Dayton to Portland — 12 h 42 estimated
• Dayton to Baton Rouge — 12 h 30 estimated
• Dayton to New Orleans — 12 h 30 estimated
• Dayton to Shreveport — 12 h 06 estimated
• Dayton to Wichita — 11 h 57 estimated
• Dayton to Boston — 11 h 42 estimated
• Dayton to Sioux Falls — 11 h 33 estimated
• Dayton to Manchester — 11 h 32 estimated
• Dayton to Tulsa — 11 h 24 estimated
• Dayton to Providence — 11 h 19 estimated
• Dayton to Worcester — 11 h 04 estimated
• Dayton to Jacksonville — 11 h 03 estimated
• Dayton to Lincoln — 10 h 59 estimated
• Dayton to Mobile — 10 h 58 estimated
• Dayton to Tallahassee — 10 h 40 estimated
• Dayton to Omaha — 10 h 21 estimated
• Dayton to Hartford — 10 h 14 estimated
• Dayton to New Haven — 9 h 57 estimated
• Dayton to Minneapolis — 9 h 43 estimated
• Dayton to St. Paul — 9 h 35 estimated
• Dayton to Albany — 9 h 34 estimated
• Dayton to Little Rock — 9 h 20 estimated
• Dayton to Overland Park — 9 h 18 estimated
• Dayton to Savannah — 9 h 15 estimated
• Dayton to Kansas City — 9 h 12 estimated