Halfway from McAllen, 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 McAllen and New York — meet in Decatur, about 14 h 40 from McAllen — and halfway between McAllen and Chicago (meet in Texarkana, 9 h 16 out). For a long haul, McAllen to Portland runs an estimated 32 h 43 across 2093.5 mi, with a first meeting town at Cookeville.

Ranked by combined city size — the pairs people search most from a city of 142,210 people:

Every one of the 149 pairs from McAllen 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 Brownsville at 1 h 32 and the longest is Portland at 32 h 43.

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

McAllen anchors the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX metro and sits at 26.2034° N, 98.2300° 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. 135 corridors from McAllen:

• McAllen to Portland — 32 h 43 estimated
• McAllen to Seattle — 32 h 41 estimated
• McAllen to Tacoma — 32 h 30 estimated
• McAllen to Manchester — 31 h 28 estimated
• McAllen to Boston — 31 h 25 estimated
• McAllen to Portland — 31 h 25 estimated
• McAllen to Providence — 30 h 53 estimated
• McAllen to Worcester — 30 h 49 estimated
• McAllen to Eugene — 30 h 44 estimated
• McAllen to Spokane — 30 h estimated
• McAllen to Hartford — 29 h 54 estimated
• McAllen to Albany — 29 h 36 estimated
• McAllen to New Haven — 29 h 27 estimated
• McAllen to New York — 28 h 19 estimated
• McAllen to Newark — 28 h 12 estimated
• McAllen to Syracuse — 28 h 11 estimated
• McAllen to Missoula — 27 h 37 estimated
• McAllen to Scranton — 27 h 29 estimated
• McAllen to Rochester — 27 h 18 estimated
• McAllen to Allentown — 27 h 08 estimated
• McAllen to Philadelphia — 27 h estimated
• McAllen to San Francisco — 26 h 50 estimated
• McAllen to Oakland — 26 h 43 estimated
• McAllen to Sacramento — 26 h 27 estimated
• McAllen to Fremont — 26 h 23 estimated
• McAllen to Buffalo — 26 h 17 estimated
• McAllen to San Jose — 26 h 12 estimated
• McAllen to Boise — 25 h 59 estimated
• McAllen to Stockton — 25 h 59 estimated
• McAllen to Reno — 25 h 38 estimated
• McAllen to Modesto — 25 h 35 estimated
• McAllen to Baltimore — 25 h 31 estimated
• McAllen to Washington — 24 h 59 estimated
• McAllen to Erie — 24 h 56 estimated
• McAllen to Virginia Beach — 24 h 48 estimated
• McAllen to Norfolk — 24 h 32 estimated
• McAllen to Chesapeake — 24 h 30 estimated
• McAllen to Newport News — 24 h 30 estimated
• McAllen to Billings — 24 h 18 estimated
• McAllen to Fresno — 24 h 10 estimated
• McAllen to Richmond — 23 h 56 estimated
• McAllen to Pittsburgh — 23 h 46 estimated
• McAllen to Bismarck — 23 h 42 estimated
• McAllen to Fargo — 23 h 42 estimated
• McAllen to Cleveland — 23 h 26 estimated
• McAllen to Detroit — 23 h 18 estimated
• McAllen to Akron — 23 h 14 estimated
• McAllen to Bakersfield — 22 h 54 estimated
• McAllen to Lansing — 22 h 50 estimated
• McAllen to Oxnard — 22 h 35 estimated
• McAllen to Grand Rapids — 22 h 29 estimated
• McAllen to Toledo — 22 h 27 estimated
• McAllen to Raleigh — 22 h 04 estimated
• McAllen to Wilmington — 22 h estimated
• McAllen to Minneapolis — 21 h 58 estimated
• McAllen to St. Paul — 21 h 58 estimated
• McAllen to Durham — 21 h 57 estimated
• McAllen to Los Angeles — 21 h 42 estimated
• McAllen to Long Beach — 21 h 33 estimated
• McAllen to Milwaukee — 21 h 32 estimated
• McAllen to Fayetteville — 21 h 31 estimated
• McAllen to Columbus — 21 h 25 estimated
• McAllen to Huntington Beach — 21 h 20 estimated
• McAllen to Anaheim — 21 h 19 estimated
• McAllen to Greensboro — 21 h 15 estimated
• McAllen to Santa Ana — 21 h 15 estimated
• McAllen to Charleston — 21 h 11 estimated
• McAllen to Irvine — 21 h 11 estimated
• McAllen to Salt Lake City — 21 h 06 estimated
• McAllen to Rochester — 21 h 04 estimated
• McAllen to Fort Wayne — 21 h 03 estimated
• McAllen to South Bend — 21 h estimated
• McAllen to Madison — 20 h 59 estimated
• McAllen to Rapid City — 20 h 59 estimated
• McAllen to Riverside — 20 h 54 estimated
• McAllen to Winston-Salem — 20 h 53 estimated
• McAllen to Chicago — 20 h 31 estimated
• McAllen to Dayton — 20 h 30 estimated
• McAllen to Rockford — 20 h 17 estimated
• McAllen to San Diego — 20 h 15 estimated
• McAllen to Chula Vista — 20 h 09 estimated
• McAllen to Las Vegas — 20 h 03 estimated
• McAllen to Charlotte — 19 h 56 estimated
• McAllen to Sioux Falls — 19 h 54 estimated
• McAllen to Henderson — 19 h 51 estimated
• McAllen to Cincinnati — 19 h 46 estimated
• McAllen to Charleston — 19 h 41 estimated
• McAllen to Indianapolis — 19 h 20 estimated
• McAllen to Columbia — 19 h 11 estimated
• McAllen to Lexington — 18 h 57 estimated
• McAllen to Asheville — 18 h 44 estimated
• McAllen to Miami — 18 h 33 estimated
• McAllen to Hialeah — 18 h 27 estimated
• McAllen to Savannah — 18 h 23 estimated
• McAllen to Louisville — 18 h 17 estimated
• McAllen to Des Moines — 18 h 08 estimated
• McAllen to Augusta — 18 h 06 estimated
• McAllen to Knoxville — 17 h 53 estimated
• McAllen to Fort Collins — 17 h 42 estimated
• McAllen to Omaha — 17 h 22 estimated
• McAllen to Jacksonville — 17 h 20 estimated
• McAllen to Orlando — 17 h 19 estimated
• McAllen to Evansville — 16 h 57 estimated
• McAllen to Denver — 16 h 47 estimated
• McAllen to Lincoln — 16 h 47 estimated
• McAllen to Aurora — 16 h 43 estimated
• McAllen to Cape Coral — 16 h 41 estimated
• McAllen to Chattanooga — 16 h 14 estimated
• McAllen to Atlanta — 16 h 11 estimated
• McAllen to St. Louis — 16 h 11 estimated
• McAllen to Tampa — 16 h 11 estimated
• McAllen to Phoenix — 16 h 02 estimated
• McAllen to Nashville — 15 h 58 estimated
• McAllen to Scottsdale — 15 h 56 estimated
• McAllen to Mesa — 15 h 48 estimated
• McAllen to Chandler — 15 h 45 estimated
• McAllen to Gilbert — 15 h 44 estimated
• McAllen to Kansas City — 15 h 10 estimated
• McAllen to Columbus — 15 h 01 estimated
• McAllen to Overland Park — 15 h 01 estimated
• McAllen to Tallahassee — 14 h 51 estimated
• McAllen to Tucson — 14 h 27 estimated
• McAllen to Birmingham — 14 h 04 estimated
• McAllen to Springfield — 13 h 28 estimated
• McAllen to Wichita — 13 h 10 estimated
• McAllen to Albuquerque — 13 h 06 estimated
• McAllen to Memphis — 13 h 01 estimated
• McAllen to Tulsa — 11 h 36 estimated
• McAllen to Mobile — 11 h 28 estimated
• McAllen to Little Rock — 11 h 23 estimated
• McAllen to Amarillo — 10 h 55 estimated
• McAllen to Oklahoma City — 10 h 37 estimated
• McAllen to El Paso — 10 h 25 estimated
• McAllen to New Orleans — 9 h 17 estimated
• McAllen to Lubbock — 9 h 10 estimated