How far is Minnetonka, MN from Orono, ME?

The driving distance from Minnetonka, MN to Orono, ME is about 1653.9 miles (2661.7 km), with a travel time of about 31h 07m by car.

  • The straight-line flight distance is about 1210.6 miles (1948.2 km).
  • For a round trip, plan for roughly 62h 15m of driving time before adding stops, traffic, or weather delays.
  • A comfortable departure window is usually 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM CDT.
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Road
1653.92 mi
31h 07m
Flight
1210.54 mi
1948.18 km direct

This drive is better planned with a longer stop or an overnight stay.

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Flight Distance

Direct air line
1210.54 mi
Kilometers
1948.18 km
Flight Time
02h 26m

Driving Distance

Road route
1653.92 mi
Kilometers
2661.73 km
Drive Time
31h 07m

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Drive time stays fixed at 31h 07m.

Arrival Snapshot
Arrive in Orono
Tue, Aug 25, 9:06 AM EDT
Return by in Minnetonka
Wed, Aug 26, 3:14 PM CDT
Useful when you're deciding between a quick errand, a day trip, or a longer stop.
Leave Minnetonka
2026-08-24T00:58
Arrive Orono
Tue, Aug 25, 8:06 AM CDT
Route Timing
31h 07m
One way by road
Best Departure Window
6:00 AM to 7:30 AM CDT
Treat this as a longer travel day
Arrive between
2:08 PM to 3:38 PM EDT

Starting early still helps, but most travelers will want a longer stop or an overnight stay on a route this long.

Leave by
9:44 PM CDT
Keeps a same-day return open with about 08h 00m at the destination.
Back in Minnetonka
8:00 PM CDT
Overnight-style route

You are leaving earlier than the recommended window, which gives you extra margin for breaks and traffic.

Halfway Point

A useful midpoint for breaks, coffee, or meeting in the middle.

Mid-route stop
Hubbard
OH

City in Ohio, USA

From Minnetonka
825.7 mi
15h 33m
To Orono
828.2 mi
15h 33m

Route Weather Snapshot

Check the forecast at both ends before you head out.

Origin
81°F
Monday

Mostly Sunny

Starts
Mon, Aug 24 6:00 AM CDT
Wind
5 mph SSE
Destination
76°F
Monday

Areas Of Fog then Partly Sunny

Starts
Mon, Aug 24 6:00 AM EDT
Wind
6 to 13 mph S

Driving Route Map

The map below follows the saved road route between Minnetonka and Orono.

Turn-by-Turn Driving Directions

Step-by-step road directions between Minnetonka and Orono.

  1. 1

    Start on County Road 101

    859 ft · 26 sec · County Road 101

  2. 2

    Continue on County Road 101

    1049 ft · 33 sec · County Road 101

  3. 3

    Turn right onto Minnesota State Highway 7

    2.1 mi · 3 min · Minnesota State Highway 7

  4. 4

    Keep slight left to continue on Minnesota State Highway 7

    6 mi · 9 min · Minnesota State Highway 7

  5. 5

    Take the exit slight right toward MN 100 North

    1036 ft · 25 sec

  6. 6

    Merge slight left onto CR 5

    1.3 mi · 2 min

  7. 7

    Take the exit slight right toward I 394 East: Minneapolis

    1.1 mi · 2 min

  8. 8

    Merge slight left

    1.8 mi · 2 min

  9. 9

    Take the exit slight right toward I 94 East, I 94 West

    646 ft · 9 sec

  10. 10

    Keep slight right to continue on I 94 East

    2191 ft · 49 sec

  11. 11

    Merge slight left

    204.5 mi · 3 hr 45 min

  12. 12

    Continue straight

    61.2 mi · 1 hr 6 min

  13. 13

    Keep slight right to continue on I 39, I 90: Chicago

    67.1 mi · 1 hr 12 min

  14. 14

    Keep slight left to continue on Jane Addams Memorial Tollway

    20.3 mi · 22 min · Jane Addams Memorial Tollway

  15. 15

    Keep slight left to continue on Jane Addams Memorial Tollway

    40.6 mi · 44 min · Jane Addams Memorial Tollway

  16. 16

    Keep slight right to continue on Jane Addams Memorial Tollway

    1772 ft · 22 sec · Jane Addams Memorial Tollway

  17. 17

    Keep slight left to continue on Jane Addams Memorial Tollway

    526 ft · 30 sec · Jane Addams Memorial Tollway

  18. 18

    Merge slight right onto Jane Addams Memorial Tollway

    123 m · 5 sec · Jane Addams Memorial Tollway

  19. 19

    Take the exit slight right toward IL 171 South: Cumberland Avenue South

    1 mi · 2 min · Cumberland flyover

  20. 20

    Keep slight left to continue on IL 171 South: Cumberland Avenue

    75 m · 8 sec

  21. 21

    Turn right onto North Cumberland Avenue

    874 ft · 28 sec · North Cumberland Avenue

  22. 22

    Continue on North Cumberland Avenue

    2310 ft · 1 min · North Cumberland Avenue

  23. 23

    Turn right onto West Higgins Road

    1.1 mi · 2 min · West Higgins Road

  24. 24

    Turn right onto North Oriole Avenue

    99 m · 14 sec · North Oriole Avenue

  25. 25

    Turn left onto West Higgins Avenue

    2.7 mi · 6 min · West Higgins Avenue

  26. 26

    Turn right onto North Central Avenue

    929 ft · 26 sec · North Central Avenue

  27. 27

    Turn left onto West Lawrence Avenue

    1858 ft · 43 sec · West Lawrence Avenue

  28. 28

    Turn right onto North Milwaukee Avenue

    3138 ft · 1 min · North Milwaukee Avenue

  29. 29

    Turn left onto West Montrose Avenue

    2904 ft · 1 min · West Montrose Avenue

  30. 30

    Take the ramp slight right toward I 90 East, I 94 East

    1721 ft · 42 sec

  31. 31

    Merge slight left onto Kennedy Expressway

    7.9 mi · 11 min · Kennedy Expressway

  32. 32

    Continue on Dan Ryan Expressway

    2.4 mi · 3 min · Dan Ryan Expressway

  33. 33

    Keep slight left to continue on Dan Ryan Expressway (Express)

    3.8 mi · 5 min · Dan Ryan Expressway (Express)

  34. 34

    Take the exit slight right toward I 90 East

    2183 ft · 53 sec

  35. 35

    Merge slight right onto Dan Ryan Expressway (Local)

    2612 ft · 50 sec · Dan Ryan Expressway (Local)

  36. 36

    Keep slight left to continue on Chicago Skyway

    4.5 mi · 7 min · Chicago Skyway

  37. 37

    Turn straight onto Chicago Skyway

    591 ft · 14 sec · Chicago Skyway

  38. 38

    Merge slight left onto Chicago Skyway

    3.1 mi · 5 min · Chicago Skyway

  39. 39

    Continue on Indiana Toll Road

    1.6 km · 2 min · Indiana Toll Road

  40. 40

    Turn straight onto Indiana Toll Road

    961 ft · 2 min · Indiana Toll Road

  41. 41

    Merge slight right onto Indiana Toll Road

    1.8 mi · 2 min · Indiana Toll Road

  42. 42

    Keep slight left to continue on Indiana Toll Road

    153.9 mi · 2 hr 47 min · Indiana Toll Road

  43. 43

    Continue on Ohio Turnpike

    141.9 mi · 2 hr 32 min · Ohio Turnpike

  44. 44

    Keep slight left to continue on Ohio Turnpike

    9.2 mi · 10 min · Ohio Turnpike

  45. 45

    Keep slight left to continue on Ohio Turnpike

    67.1 mi · 1 hr 12 min · Ohio Turnpike

  46. 46

    Take the exit slight right toward I 80 East

    1.4 km · 2 min

  47. 47

    Keep slight left to continue on I 80 East, CR 18: Youngstown, Mahoning Avenue

    1328 ft · 32 sec

  48. 48

    Keep slight left to continue on I 80 East: Youngstown

    4.5 mi · 6 min

  49. 49

    Keep slight left

    272.8 mi · 4 hr 55 min

  50. 50

    Take the exit slight left toward I 81 North: Wilkes-Barre

    1.1 km · 1 min

  51. 51

    Merge slight left

    34.7 mi · 42 min

  52. 52

    Take the exit slight right toward I-84 east, US 6 east

    2101 ft · 51 sec

  53. 53

    Keep slight left

    1448 ft · 35 sec

  54. 54

    Keep slight right to continue on I 84 East, I 380 South: Mt Pocono, Milford

    2050 ft · 39 sec

  55. 55

    Merge slight left

    3.4 mi · 4 min

  56. 56

    Keep slight left to continue on I 84 East: Milford

    129.1 mi · 2 hr 33 min

  57. 57

    Keep slight right to continue on Waterbury

    42.7 mi · 51 min

  58. 58

    Keep slight right

    14.2 mi · 19 min

  59. 59

    Keep slight left

    2.3 mi · 3 min

  60. 60

    Keep slight left to continue on I 84 East: Boston

    39.7 mi · 46 min

  61. 61

    Merge slight left onto Massachusetts Turnpike

    27.4 mi · 32 min · Massachusetts Turnpike

  62. 62

    Take the exit slight right toward I 495: Portsmouth New Hampshire, Taunton

    1119 ft · 38 sec

  63. 63

    Keep slight left to continue on I 495 North: Lowell, Portsmouth New Hampshire

    1126 ft · 34 sec

  64. 64

    Keep slight left to continue on I 495 North: Lowell, Portsmouth NH

    3219 ft · 1 min

  65. 65

    Merge slight left

    62.8 mi · 1 hr 13 min

  66. 66

    Merge slight left

    6.7 mi · 8 min

  67. 67

    Keep slight left to continue on Blue Star Turnpike

    7.8 mi · 9 min · Blue Star Turnpike

  68. 68

    Keep slight right to continue on Blue Star Turnpike

    46.4 mi · 51 min · Blue Star Turnpike

  69. 69

    Keep slight right to continue on Downtown Portland

    52.5 mi · 1 hr 1 min

  70. 70

    Merge slight left onto Maine Turnpike

    87.5 mi · 1 hr 36 min · Maine Turnpike

  71. 71

    Take the exit slight right toward Kelly Road, Orono

    1289 ft · 34 sec

  72. 72

    Turn right onto Kelley Road

    1.5 km · 2 min · Kelley Road

  73. 73

    At the end of the road, turn left onto Main Street

    1.2 mi · 3 min · Main Street

  74. 74

    Turn right onto Pine Street

    70 m · 16 sec · Pine Street

  75. 75

    Turn left

    20 m · 10 sec

  76. 76

    Turn left

    50 m · 12 sec

  77. 77

    Arrive at your destination

    0 m · 1 sec

Car Route Details

A richer read on the saved driving route between Minnetonka and Orono.

OSRM road route
Drive Character

Long-distance drive

This route is long enough that fuel, rest stops, weather, and timing matter more than any single maneuver.

Directions
77 steps
23 turns on the saved route
Ramps & Exits
25
14 merges, 11 ramps or exits
Navigation Density
4.7 / 100 mi
Decision points by distance
Main Roads
I 80 East
278 mi · 17%
I 94 East
266 mi · 16%
Ohio Turnpike
218 mi · 13%
I 84 East
173 mi · 10%
Indiana Toll Road
157 mi · 9%
Maine Turnpike
87.5 mi · 5%
Longest Stretch

I 80 East

Keep slight left

273 mi · 04h 55m

Route Summary

A quick read on whether this route feels easy, ambitious, or worth planning around.

Trip Read

Better with a longer stop

This route is long enough that most travelers will be better off planning an overnight stay or a more deliberate stop window.

Drive Time
31h 07m
Overnight route
Same-Day Return
62h 16m
Round-trip wheel time
Road vs Air
+443.3 mi
1210.6 mi direct line
Halfway Stop
Hubbard
15h 33m from Minnetonka
Leave By
9:44 PM CDT
Overnight-style route
Weather Watch

Mostly Sunny leaving Minnetonka and Areas Of Fog then Partly Sunny near Orono.

Trip Questions

Direct answers travelers usually want before committing to the drive.

How long does it take to drive from Minnetonka to Orono?

The road trip is about 1653.9 miles (2661.7 km) and usually takes 31h 07m in normal driving conditions.

Is this a same-day trip or an overnight route?

This route is long enough that most travelers will be better off planning an overnight stay or a more deliberate stop window.

What is the halfway point on this route?

Hubbard is a useful midpoint, sitting about 825.7 miles from Minnetonka and 828.2 miles from Orono.

How much longer is the road route than the straight-line distance?

The direct path is about 1210.6 miles (1948.2 km), while the road route adds roughly 443.3 extra miles because roads do not follow the straight air line.

When is the best time to leave for this route?

A good departure window is usually 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM CDT. Starting early still helps, but most travelers will want a longer stop or an overnight stay on a route this long.

How much will gas cost for this route?

Using about 28.3 MPG, regular gas is estimated at $208.29 one way or $416.57 round trip. Estimated CO2 is about 518.6 kg one way.

Do you cross a time zone on this route?

Yes. There is about a 1 hour time difference between Minnetonka and Orono, so arrival and return times should be read in local time.

What should you check before leaving?

Before you leave, expect Mostly Sunny around Minnetonka and Areas Of Fog then Partly Sunny near Orono.

Stop Ideas Near Hubbard

Useful break, food, and waypoint ideas within about 15 miles of the route midpoint.

Mid-route Guidance
Local place coverage is thin around Hubbard, so nearby transit and meeting points are shown instead.
Reviewed stop coverage is still thin around this midpoint, so practical transit waypoints are shown on the right.

Transit and Meeting Points

Useful pickup, handoff, or rendezvous points close to Hubbard.

RAIL

Alliance

51 mi away
820 East Main Street
RAIL

Union Station

93 mi away
1100 Liberty Avenue
RAIL

Cleveland Lakefront station

102 mi away
200 Cleveland Memorial Shoreway
RAIL

Union Station

115 mi away
125 West 14th Street

Flight Path Map

This map shows the direct air route between Minnetonka and Orono. Straight-line distance: 1210.54 mi (1948.18 km).

Minnetonka

#1 Minnetonka

The most populous city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

Population55,370
Coordinates44.9133000, -93.5032900
Altitude275
CountryUnited States
Orono

#2 Orono

City in Hennepin County, Minnesota, US

Population10,636
Coordinates44.8831200, -68.6719800
Altitude38
CountryUnited States
Start: Minnetonka (-93.50329, 44.9133)
End: Orono (-68.67198, 44.88312)

Estimated Travel Time

Distance: 2662 km by road

SpeedTime
30 mph (48.3 km/h)55h 06m
40 mph (64.37 km/h)41h 21m
50 mph (80.47 km/h)33h 04m
60 mph (96.56 km/h)27h 33m
70 mph (112.65 km/h)23h 37m
80 mph (129 km/h)20h 38m

Fuel, Round Trip and CO2

Estimated fuel cost and emissions for this route.

One-way fuel
58.36 gal
220.92 L · about $208.29
Round trip
$416.57
116.72 gal · 441.84 L
Estimated CO2
518.6 kg one way
Round trip: 1037.3 kg / 2287 lb CO2, using regular gasoline.
Fuel$/galOne wayRound trip
Regular gas $3.57 $208.29 $416.57
Mid-grade $3.92 $228.83 $457.66
Premium $4.39 $256.32 $512.63
Diesel $4.86 $283.86 $567.73

Assumes 8.3 L/100 km (about 28.3 MPG). CO2 is an estimate and varies by vehicle, fuel blend, traffic, and terrain.

Prices in Minnesota · Aug 24, 2026

Please keep in mind that there is a 1 hour time gap between Minnetonka, MN and Orono, ME. The current time in Minnetonka is 00:58:32, although it is 01:58:32 in Orono.

Distance to Other Cities

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How did we calculate? Place names are translated into coordinates. The Haversine formula calculates straight-line distance; driving distance uses road network data.