Halfway from Minneapolis, MN

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 Minneapolis and New York — meet in Flint, about 8 h 21 from Minneapolis — and halfway between Minneapolis and Houston (meet in Joplin, 9 h 06 out). For a long haul, Minneapolis to San Francisco runs an estimated 26 h 11 across 1676.2 mi, with a first meeting town at Lander.

Ranked by combined city size — the pairs people search most from a city of 429,000 people:

Every one of the 149 pairs from Minneapolis 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 St. Paul at 16 min and the longest is San Francisco at 26 h 11.

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

Minneapolis anchors the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MN-WI metro and sits at 44.9778° N, 93.2650° 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. 125 corridors from Minneapolis:

• Minneapolis to San Francisco — 26 h 11 estimated
• Minneapolis to Oakland — 26 h 03 estimated
• Minneapolis to San Jose — 26 h estimated
• Minneapolis to Fremont — 25 h 58 estimated
• Minneapolis to Oxnard — 25 h 48 estimated
• Minneapolis to Chula Vista — 25 h 21 estimated
• Minneapolis to Long Beach — 25 h 21 estimated
• Minneapolis to San Diego — 25 h 21 estimated
• Minneapolis to Huntington Beach — 25 h 17 estimated
• Minneapolis to Los Angeles — 25 h 12 estimated
• Minneapolis to Stockton — 25 h 11 estimated
• Minneapolis to Irvine — 25 h 09 estimated
• Minneapolis to Modesto — 25 h 08 estimated
• Minneapolis to Santa Ana — 25 h 08 estimated
• Minneapolis to Anaheim — 25 h 06 estimated
• Minneapolis to Miami — 25 h 04 estimated
• Minneapolis to Sacramento — 25 h 02 estimated
• Minneapolis to Hialeah — 24 h 56 estimated
• Minneapolis to Bakersfield — 24 h 55 estimated
• Minneapolis to Fresno — 24 h 40 estimated
• Minneapolis to Riverside — 24 h 36 estimated
• Minneapolis to Eugene — 24 h 13 estimated
• Minneapolis to Portland — 23 h 34 estimated
• Minneapolis to Cape Coral — 23 h 30 estimated
• Minneapolis to Reno — 23 h 13 estimated
• Minneapolis to Tacoma — 23 h 09 estimated
• Minneapolis to Seattle — 23 h 03 estimated
• Minneapolis to Brownsville — 22 h 11 estimated
• Minneapolis to McAllen — 21 h 58 estimated
• Minneapolis to Tampa — 21 h 50 estimated
• Minneapolis to Orlando — 21 h 41 estimated
• Minneapolis to Tucson — 21 h 27 estimated
• Minneapolis to Las Vegas — 21 h 25 estimated
• Minneapolis to Henderson — 21 h 23 estimated
• Minneapolis to Phoenix — 21 h 10 estimated
• Minneapolis to Chandler — 21 h 08 estimated
• Minneapolis to Gilbert — 21 h 03 estimated
• Minneapolis to Mesa — 21 h 02 estimated
• Minneapolis to Scottsdale — 21 h 02 estimated
• Minneapolis to Laredo — 20 h 45 estimated
• Minneapolis to Corpus Christi — 20 h 01 estimated
• Minneapolis to Jacksonville — 19 h 44 estimated
• Minneapolis to Spokane — 19 h 16 estimated
• Minneapolis to El Paso — 19 h 10 estimated
• Minneapolis to Portland — 18 h 50 estimated
• Minneapolis to Boise — 18 h 47 estimated
• Minneapolis to Boston — 18 h 34 estimated
• Minneapolis to Tallahassee — 18 h 30 estimated
• Minneapolis to Providence — 18 h 28 estimated
• Minneapolis to San Antonio — 18 h 25 estimated
• Minneapolis to Savannah — 18 h 18 estimated
• Minneapolis to Charleston — 18 h 17 estimated
• Minneapolis to Wilmington — 18 h 13 estimated
• Minneapolis to Manchester — 18 h 03 estimated
• Minneapolis to Worcester — 18 h estimated
• Minneapolis to Virginia Beach — 17 h 33 estimated
• Minneapolis to Houston — 17 h 31 estimated
• Minneapolis to Hartford — 17 h 28 estimated
• Minneapolis to New Haven — 17 h 26 estimated
• Minneapolis to New Orleans — 17 h 26 estimated
• Minneapolis to Chesapeake — 17 h 23 estimated
• Minneapolis to Norfolk — 17 h 20 estimated
• Minneapolis to Austin — 17 h 19 estimated
• Minneapolis to Newport News — 17 h 02 estimated
• Minneapolis to Mobile — 17 h estimated
• Minneapolis to Fayetteville — 16 h 55 estimated
• Minneapolis to New York — 16 h 50 estimated
• Minneapolis to Baton Rouge — 16 h 44 estimated
• Minneapolis to Newark — 16 h 41 estimated
• Minneapolis to Missoula — 16 h 36 estimated
• Minneapolis to Columbia — 16 h 32 estimated
• Minneapolis to Augusta — 16 h 29 estimated
• Minneapolis to Raleigh — 16 h 29 estimated
• Minneapolis to Salt Lake City — 16 h 18 estimated
• Minneapolis to Albany — 16 h 17 estimated
• Minneapolis to Philadelphia — 16 h 17 estimated
• Minneapolis to Albuquerque — 16 h 16 estimated
• Minneapolis to Durham — 16 h 09 estimated
• Minneapolis to Columbus — 16 h 06 estimated
• Minneapolis to Richmond — 16 h 01 estimated
• Minneapolis to Waco — 15 h 45 estimated
• Minneapolis to Allentown — 15 h 42 estimated
• Minneapolis to Charlotte — 15 h 33 estimated
• Minneapolis to Baltimore — 15 h 31 estimated
• Minneapolis to Greensboro — 15 h 30 estimated
• Minneapolis to Washington — 15 h 25 estimated
• Minneapolis to Scranton — 15 h 13 estimated
• Minneapolis to Winston-Salem — 15 h 11 estimated
• Minneapolis to Lubbock — 15 h 05 estimated
• Minneapolis to Atlanta — 15 h 02 estimated
• Minneapolis to Fort Worth — 14 h 27 estimated
• Minneapolis to Arlington — 14 h 25 estimated
• Minneapolis to Dallas — 14 h 19 estimated
• Minneapolis to Birmingham — 14 h 18 estimated
• Minneapolis to Shreveport — 14 h 15 estimated
• Minneapolis to Syracuse — 14 h 14 estimated
• Minneapolis to Asheville — 14 h 13 estimated
• Minneapolis to Garland — 14 h 08 estimated
• Minneapolis to Plano — 14 h 01 estimated
• Minneapolis to Amarillo — 13 h 26 estimated
• Minneapolis to Chattanooga — 13 h 19 estimated
• Minneapolis to Knoxville — 13 h 07 estimated
• Minneapolis to Rochester — 13 h 01 estimated
• Minneapolis to Charleston — 12 h 29 estimated
• Minneapolis to Pittsburgh — 12 h 17 estimated
• Minneapolis to Billings — 12 h 16 estimated
• Minneapolis to Buffalo — 12 h 05 estimated
• Minneapolis to Little Rock — 11 h 44 estimated
• Minneapolis to Memphis — 11 h 36 estimated
• Minneapolis to Denver — 11 h 34 estimated
• Minneapolis to Nashville — 11 h 33 estimated
• Minneapolis to Oklahoma City — 11 h 30 estimated
• Minneapolis to Aurora — 11 h 28 estimated
• Minneapolis to Erie — 11 h 23 estimated
• Minneapolis to Fort Collins — 11 h 07 estimated
• Minneapolis to Lexington — 10 h 55 estimated
• Minneapolis to Akron — 10 h 47 estimated
• Minneapolis to Cleveland — 10 h 25 estimated
• Minneapolis to Columbus — 10 h 23 estimated
• Minneapolis to Tulsa — 10 h 22 estimated
• Minneapolis to Cincinnati — 10 h 01 estimated
• Minneapolis to Louisville — 10 h 01 estimated
• Minneapolis to Dayton — 9 h 43 estimated
• Minneapolis to Evansville — 9 h 23 estimated
• Minneapolis to Wichita — 9 h 02 estimated