The best road trip stops on the Fort Worth to Albuquerque drive are Wichita Falls TX, Amarillo TX and Santa Rosa NM. The distance from Fort Worth to Albuquerque by car is 623 miles, with a 9h13m driving time.
Planning a Fort Worth to Albuquerque road trip itinerary
The Fort Worth to Albuquerque drive takes you from north Texas to the biggest city in New Mexico.
5 great Fort Worth experiences to book
- 🎸 Visit the legendary Billy Bob’s Honky Tonk – with a dinner and photo package.
- 🏛️ Take a small group historical tour of Fort Worth – including the Livestock Exchange Building.
- 🍖 Taste the best of the Fort Worth Stockyards – on a foodie tour.
- 🍷 On a wine tour, explore the best wineries of North Texas.
- 👻 Discover the spectres of the stockyards – on a Fort Worth ghost tour.
Fort Worth fully embraces its status as a cow town, with the Stockyards district full of cowboy heritage. And cowgirl heritage, as the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame shows off.
It’s also a place that knows how to have a shamelessly good time, with Billy Bob’s Texas Honky Tonk famously big on the yee-has and line dancing.
The city does have an impressive cultural selection, though. The Kimbell Art Museum and Amon Carter Museum of American Art cover the art side, while the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and Fort Worth Botanical Garden do science and nature.
Other good Fort Worth experiences include a Stockyards food tour, electric bike BBQ tours, historic pub crawls and ghost tours.
In Albuquerque, the must-dos are the Sandia Peak Tramway cable car and Petroglyph National Memorial. Explora and the ABQ BioPark are good bets with kids in tow, while the Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon Museum explores one of the greatest places in the world for hot air ballooning.
Fabulous Albuquerque experiences include a sunrise hot air balloon flight, old town ghost walks and nature tours by bike. You can also pay a visit to the castle-like Turquoise Museum and old town food tours focusing on New Mexican flavours.
Great Albuquerque accommodation choices include the historic, adobe-style Casas de Suenos and the old town’s art-filled Hotel Chaco.
5 great Albuquerque experiences to book
- 🎈 Admire the sunrise on a hot air balloon ride across the desert.
- 🌅 Alternatively, take your balloon ride at sunset.
- 🎬 Get on the trail of Walter White with a Breaking Bad filming locations tour.
- 🚴 Take a bike tour – and see Albuquerque’s top natural sights.
- 👻 Listen to spooky historic tales on an Old Town ghost tour.
Fort Worth to Albuquerque distance and driving time
By car, the distance from Fort Worth to Albuquerque is 623 miles. That makes for a driving time of around nine hours and 13 minutes. The quickest route is along the US-287 and the I-40.
The best stops to add to a Fort Worth to Albuquerque road trip itinerary are Wichita Falls TX, Amarillo TX and Santa Rosa NM.
Fort Worth to Albuquerque drive: Wichita Falls TX
The ‘falls’ in Wichita Falls is a man-made waterfall in Lucy Park. Artificial or not, it still looks pretty cool. But there’s more to see in this North Texas city.
If you want serious, there’s the Museum of North Texas History. If you want fun, there’s the Castaway Cove Water Park. And, for a touch of nature, plump for the River Bend Nature Center.
Best stops between Fort Worth and Albuquerque: Amarillo TX
Amarillo is a classic stop on Route 66. Highlights include Cadillac Ranch, an art installation featuring 10 brightly-painted Cadillacs buried nose-first in the ground. You’ll also find the Texas Air and Space Museum here, and the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame. For the great outdoors, Palo Duro Canyon State Park is just to the south-east of the city.
For high quality Amarillo accommodation, try the historic Barfield or the spacious Embassy Suites Amarillo Downtown.
Fort Worth to Albuquerque road trip attractions: Santa Rosa NM
Santa Rosa NM bills itself as the Scuba diving capital of the Southwest, largely thanks to the Blue Hole. This 81ft deep pool, fed by an artesian spring, is naturally heated to 62 degrees year-round. Divers need a permit, swimmers don’t.
Another alternative for swimming is Park Lake, which is patrolled by lifeguards in summer and has an inflatable obstacle course that’s very popular with children.
Car-lovers, meanwhile, can enjoy the Route 66 Auto Museum.
More Fort Worth and Albuquerque travel
- Getting to Fort Worth: The best stops on the Abilene to Fort Worth drive and Houston to Fort Worth drive.
- Road trips from Fort Worth: The best stops on the Fort Worth to Amarillo drive, Fort Worth to Austin drive, Fort Worth to El Paso drive and Fort Worth to Galveston drive?
- Getting to Albuquerque from Texas and Oklahoma: The best stops on the Amarillo to Albuquerque drive, Austin to Albuquerque drive, Dallas to Albuquerque drive, El Paso to Albuquerque drive, Houston to Albuquerque drive, Lubbock to Albuquerque drive and Tulsa to Albuquerque drive.
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- Road trips from Albuquerque: The best stops on the Albuquerque to Santa Fe drive and Albuquerque to Phoenix drive.
