Halfway from Los Angeles, CA

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 Los Angeles and New York — meet in Manhattan, about 20 h 42 from Los Angeles — and halfway between Los Angeles and Chicago (meet in Colorado Springs, 13 h 30 out). For a long haul, Los Angeles to Portland runs an estimated 43 h 31 across 2784.8 mi, with a first meeting town at Omaha.

Ranked by combined city size — the pairs people search most from a city of 3,822,000 people:

Every one of the 149 pairs from Los Angeles has a full guide, grouped below by where the other city sits — Northeast (18), Southeast (59), Midwest (32), Southwest (17), West (23). Each row links the guide with its meeting town, estimated drive, and road distance; the shortest hop is Long Beach at 36 min and the longest is Portland at 43 h 31.

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

Los Angeles anchors the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim CA metro and sits at 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W in the America/Los_Angeles 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. 122 corridors from Los Angeles:

• Los Angeles to Portland — 43 h 31 estimated
• Los Angeles to Boston — 42 h 55 estimated
• Los Angeles to Providence — 42 h 39 estimated
• Los Angeles to Manchester — 42 h 33 estimated
• Los Angeles to Worcester — 42 h 17 estimated
• Los Angeles to Hartford — 41 h 35 estimated
• Los Angeles to New Haven — 41 h 23 estimated
• Los Angeles to Albany — 40 h 37 estimated
• Los Angeles to New York — 40 h 30 estimated
• Los Angeles to Newark — 40 h 22 estimated
• Los Angeles to Philadelphia — 39 h 33 estimated
• Los Angeles to Allentown — 39 h 14 estimated
• Los Angeles to Virginia Beach — 39 h 13 estimated
• Los Angeles to Scranton — 39 h 02 estimated
• Los Angeles to Chesapeake — 38 h 57 estimated
• Los Angeles to Norfolk — 38 h 56 estimated
• Los Angeles to Newport News — 38 h 44 estimated
• Los Angeles to Miami — 38 h 41 estimated
• Los Angeles to Syracuse — 38 h 37 estimated
• Los Angeles to Hialeah — 38 h 33 estimated
• Los Angeles to Baltimore — 38 h 20 estimated
• Los Angeles to Washington — 38 h estimated
• Los Angeles to Wilmington — 37 h 55 estimated
• Los Angeles to Richmond — 37 h 47 estimated
• Los Angeles to Rochester — 37 h 24 estimated
• Los Angeles to Raleigh — 36 h 58 estimated
• Los Angeles to Fayetteville — 36 h 53 estimated
• Los Angeles to Durham — 36 h 41 estimated
• Los Angeles to Cape Coral — 36 h 40 estimated
• Los Angeles to Charleston — 36 h 25 estimated
• Los Angeles to Orlando — 36 h 24 estimated
• Los Angeles to Buffalo — 36 h 20 estimated
• Los Angeles to Greensboro — 35 h 51 estimated
• Los Angeles to Tampa — 35 h 36 estimated
• Los Angeles to Jacksonville — 35 h 30 estimated
• Los Angeles to Savannah — 35 h 30 estimated
• Los Angeles to Winston-Salem — 35 h 26 estimated
• Los Angeles to Pittsburgh — 35 h 19 estimated
• Los Angeles to Erie — 35 h 16 estimated
• Los Angeles to Columbia — 35 h 05 estimated
• Los Angeles to Charlotte — 35 h 02 estimated
• Los Angeles to Augusta — 34 h 18 estimated
• Los Angeles to Akron — 34 h estimated
• Los Angeles to Charleston — 33 h 56 estimated
• Los Angeles to Cleveland — 33 h 52 estimated
• Los Angeles to Asheville — 33 h 24 estimated
• Los Angeles to Tallahassee — 32 h 59 estimated
• Los Angeles to Detroit — 32 h 47 estimated
• Los Angeles to Columbus — 32 h 41 estimated
• Los Angeles to Toledo — 32 h 18 estimated
• Los Angeles to Knoxville — 32 h 05 estimated
• Los Angeles to Atlanta — 32 h 01 estimated
• Los Angeles to Columbus — 31 h 44 estimated
• Los Angeles to Dayton — 31 h 38 estimated
• Los Angeles to Lansing — 31 h 34 estimated
• Los Angeles to Lexington — 31 h 23 estimated
• Los Angeles to Cincinnati — 31 h 21 estimated
• Los Angeles to Chattanooga — 30 h 55 estimated
• Los Angeles to Fort Wayne — 30 h 53 estimated
• Los Angeles to Grand Rapids — 30 h 40 estimated
• Los Angeles to Louisville — 30 h 14 estimated
• Los Angeles to South Bend — 30 h estimated
• Los Angeles to Indianapolis — 29 h 55 estimated
• Los Angeles to Birmingham — 29 h 47 estimated
• Los Angeles to Nashville — 29 h 25 estimated
• Los Angeles to Mobile — 29 h 20 estimated
• Los Angeles to Chicago — 28 h 51 estimated
• Los Angeles to Milwaukee — 28 h 50 estimated
• Los Angeles to Evansville — 28 h 37 estimated
• Los Angeles to Rockford — 27 h 42 estimated
• Los Angeles to New Orleans — 27 h 39 estimated
• Los Angeles to Madison — 27 h 37 estimated
• Los Angeles to Memphis — 26 h 30 estimated
• Los Angeles to Baton Rouge — 26 h 26 estimated
• Los Angeles to St. Louis — 26 h 16 estimated
• Los Angeles to Rochester — 25 h 26 estimated
• Los Angeles to St. Paul — 25 h 19 estimated
• Los Angeles to Minneapolis — 25 h 12 estimated
• Los Angeles to Little Rock — 24 h 27 estimated
• Los Angeles to Des Moines — 23 h 46 estimated
• Los Angeles to Fargo — 23 h 37 estimated
• Los Angeles to Shreveport — 23 h 26 estimated
• Los Angeles to Springfield — 23 h 25 estimated
• Los Angeles to Houston — 22 h 42 estimated
• Los Angeles to Brownsville — 22 h 31 estimated
• Los Angeles to Kansas City — 22 h 26 estimated
• Los Angeles to Overland Park — 22 h 20 estimated
• Los Angeles to Sioux Falls — 21 h 57 estimated
• Los Angeles to Omaha — 21 h 45 estimated
• Los Angeles to McAllen — 21 h 42 estimated
• Los Angeles to Corpus Christi — 21 h 38 estimated
• Los Angeles to Bismarck — 20 h 59 estimated
• Los Angeles to Lincoln — 20 h 59 estimated
• Los Angeles to Tulsa — 20 h 55 estimated
• Los Angeles to Garland — 20 h 37 estimated
• Los Angeles to Plano — 20 h 33 estimated
• Los Angeles to Dallas — 20 h 30 estimated
• Los Angeles to Waco — 20 h 27 estimated
• Los Angeles to Austin — 20 h 17 estimated
• Los Angeles to Arlington — 20 h 13 estimated
• Los Angeles to Fort Worth — 20 h estimated
• Los Angeles to San Antonio — 19 h 54 estimated
• Los Angeles to Laredo — 19 h 52 estimated
• Los Angeles to Wichita — 19 h 47 estimated
• Los Angeles to Oklahoma City — 19 h 31 estimated
• Los Angeles to Rapid City — 17 h 33 estimated
• Los Angeles to Seattle — 15 h 54 estimated
• Los Angeles to Billings — 15 h 53 estimated
• Los Angeles to Spokane — 15 h 35 estimated
• Los Angeles to Lubbock — 15 h 34 estimated
• Los Angeles to Tacoma — 15 h 32 estimated
• Los Angeles to Amarillo — 15 h 30 estimated
• Los Angeles to Missoula — 15 h 07 estimated
• Los Angeles to Fort Collins — 14 h 06 estimated
• Los Angeles to Aurora — 13 h 52 estimated
• Los Angeles to Denver — 13 h 45 estimated
• Los Angeles to Portland — 13 h 41 estimated
• Los Angeles to Eugene — 12 h 13 estimated
• Los Angeles to El Paso — 11 h 35 estimated
• Los Angeles to Boise — 11 h 06 estimated
• Los Angeles to Albuquerque — 10 h 59 estimated
• Los Angeles to Salt Lake City — 9 h 36 estimated