Halfway from Houston, TX

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 Houston and New York — meet in Crossville, about 12 h 11 from Houston — and halfway between Houston and Los Angeles (meet in El Paso, 11 h 10 out). For a long haul, Houston to Seattle runs an estimated 31 h 17 across 2002.6 mi, with a first meeting town at Rifle.

Ranked by combined city size — the pairs people search most from a city of 2,304,000 people:

Every one of the 149 pairs from Houston has a full guide, grouped below by where the other city sits — Northeast (18), Southeast (58), Midwest (32), Southwest (17), West (24). Each row links the guide with its meeting town, estimated drive, and road distance; the shortest hop is Austin at 3 h 06 and the longest is Seattle at 31 h 17.

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

Houston anchors the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land TX metro and sits at 29.7604° N, 95.3698° W in the America/Chicago 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. 126 corridors from Houston:

• Houston to Seattle — 31 h 17 estimated
• Houston to Tacoma — 31 h 10 estimated
• Houston to Portland — 30 h 22 estimated
• Houston to Eugene — 29 h 57 estimated
• Houston to Spokane — 28 h 13 estimated
• Houston to Portland — 27 h 49 estimated
• Houston to San Francisco — 27 h 12 estimated
• Houston to Oakland — 27 h 05 estimated
• Houston to Fremont — 26 h 46 estimated
• Houston to San Jose — 26 h 38 estimated
• Houston to Sacramento — 26 h 36 estimated
• Houston to Manchester — 26 h 35 estimated
• Houston to Boston — 26 h 34 estimated
• Houston to Stockton — 26 h 15 estimated
• Houston to Providence — 26 h 02 estimated
• Houston to Worcester — 25 h 57 estimated
• Houston to Modesto — 25 h 55 estimated
• Houston to Missoula — 25 h 37 estimated
• Houston to Reno — 25 h 28 estimated
• Houston to Hartford — 25 h 02 estimated
• Houston to Boise — 24 h 43 estimated
• Houston to Albany — 24 h 42 estimated
• Houston to Fresno — 24 h 37 estimated
• Houston to New Haven — 24 h 37 estimated
• Houston to Bakersfield — 23 h 38 estimated
• Houston to Oxnard — 23 h 36 estimated
• Houston to New York — 23 h 29 estimated
• Houston to Newark — 23 h 22 estimated
• Houston to Syracuse — 23 h 14 estimated
• Houston to Los Angeles — 22 h 42 estimated
• Houston to Long Beach — 22 h 38 estimated
• Houston to Scranton — 22 h 35 estimated
• Houston to Huntington Beach — 22 h 26 estimated
• Houston to Anaheim — 22 h 22 estimated
• Houston to Rochester — 22 h 19 estimated
• Houston to Santa Ana — 22 h 19 estimated
• Houston to Allentown — 22 h 16 estimated
• Houston to Irvine — 22 h 16 estimated
• Houston to Philadelphia — 22 h 11 estimated
• Houston to Riverside — 21 h 53 estimated
• Houston to Billings — 21 h 47 estimated
• Houston to San Diego — 21 h 33 estimated
• Houston to Chula Vista — 21 h 28 estimated
• Houston to Buffalo — 21 h 18 estimated
• Houston to Baltimore — 20 h 43 estimated
• Houston to Las Vegas — 20 h 18 estimated
• Houston to Virginia Beach — 20 h 12 estimated
• Houston to Washington — 20 h 11 estimated
• Houston to Henderson — 20 h 07 estimated
• Houston to Bismarck — 20 h 06 estimated
• Houston to Erie — 19 h 58 estimated
• Houston to Norfolk — 19 h 56 estimated
• Houston to Chesapeake — 19 h 54 estimated
• Houston to Salt Lake City — 19 h 52 estimated
• Houston to Newport News — 19 h 51 estimated
• Houston to Fargo — 19 h 38 estimated
• Houston to Richmond — 19 h 13 estimated
• Houston to Pittsburgh — 18 h 50 estimated
• Houston to Cleveland — 18 h 27 estimated
• Houston to Detroit — 18 h 19 estimated
• Houston to Akron — 18 h 15 estimated
• Houston to Rapid City — 17 h 52 estimated
• Houston to Lansing — 17 h 51 estimated
• Houston to Wilmington — 17 h 38 estimated
• Houston to Grand Rapids — 17 h 32 estimated
• Houston to Minneapolis — 17 h 31 estimated
• Houston to St. Paul — 17 h 30 estimated
• Houston to Raleigh — 17 h 29 estimated
• Houston to Toledo — 17 h 28 estimated
• Houston to Durham — 17 h 20 estimated
• Houston to Fayetteville — 17 h 01 estimated
• Houston to Phoenix — 16 h 48 estimated
• Houston to Milwaukee — 16 h 40 estimated
• Houston to Scottsdale — 16 h 40 estimated
• Houston to Greensboro — 16 h 35 estimated
• Houston to Mesa — 16 h 34 estimated
• Houston to Chandler — 16 h 33 estimated
• Houston to Gilbert — 16 h 31 estimated
• Houston to Rochester — 16 h 31 estimated
• Houston to Columbus — 16 h 26 estimated
• Houston to Charleston — 16 h 17 estimated
• Houston to Winston-Salem — 16 h 13 estimated
• Houston to Madison — 16 h 11 estimated
• Houston to Fort Wayne — 16 h 04 estimated
• Houston to South Bend — 16 h 02 estimated
• Houston to Miami — 16 h 01 estimated
• Houston to Hialeah — 15 h 54 estimated
• Houston to Sioux Falls — 15 h 49 estimated
• Houston to Chicago — 15 h 36 estimated
• Houston to Tucson — 15 h 33 estimated
• Houston to Dayton — 15 h 31 estimated
• Houston to Charleston — 15 h 28 estimated
• Houston to Rockford — 15 h 26 estimated
• Houston to Charlotte — 15 h 20 estimated
• Houston to Fort Collins — 15 h 20 estimated
• Houston to Cincinnati — 14 h 47 estimated
• Houston to Columbia — 14 h 44 estimated
• Houston to Denver — 14 h 33 estimated
• Houston to Aurora — 14 h 27 estimated
• Houston to Indianapolis — 14 h 20 estimated
• Houston to Savannah — 14 h 15 estimated
• Houston to Orlando — 14 h 03 estimated
• Houston to Asheville — 14 h 01 estimated
• Houston to Cape Coral — 14 h 01 estimated
• Houston to Lexington — 14 h estimated
• Houston to Augusta — 13 h 41 estimated
• Houston to Des Moines — 13 h 38 estimated
• Houston to Jacksonville — 13 h 36 estimated
• Houston to Louisville — 13 h 19 estimated
• Houston to Omaha — 13 h 10 estimated
• Houston to Tampa — 13 h 06 estimated
• Houston to Knoxville — 13 h 05 estimated
• Houston to Lincoln — 12 h 43 estimated
• Houston to Albuquerque — 12 h 28 estimated
• Houston to Evansville — 11 h 57 estimated
• Houston to Atlanta — 11 h 37 estimated
• Houston to Chattanooga — 11 h 26 estimated
• Houston to St. Louis — 11 h 16 estimated
• Houston to El Paso — 11 h 10 estimated
• Houston to Nashville — 11 h 01 estimated
• Houston to Tallahassee — 11 h estimated
• Houston to Kansas City — 10 h 43 estimated
• Houston to Columbus — 10 h 38 estimated
• Houston to Overland Park — 10 h 34 estimated
• Houston to Birmingham — 9 h 23 estimated
• Houston to Wichita — 9 h 16 estimated