The distance from Houston to Oklahoma City by car is 445 miles, with a 6h40m driving time. The best road trip stops on the Houston to Oklahoma City drive are Huntsville TX, Dallas and Turner Falls State Park.
Planning a Houston to Oklahoma City road trip itinerary
The Houston to Oklahoma City drive connects the biggest city in Texas to the capital of Oklahoma.
The top Houston attraction is unquestionably the Space Center Houston, which takes you behind the scenes of the Johnson Space Center. This includes the Mission Briefing Center, and a vast array of high tech exhibitions.
Other attractions include the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Downtown Aquarium, Museum of Fine Arts Houston and Children’s Museum.
For more Houston experiences, try hip hop party bike tours, foodie walks in the Montrose neighbourhood and quirky tours of Houston’s tunnel system.
Top Houston accommodation options include the superb value Club Quarters Houston Downtown and the upscale but boutique Magnolia.
Great Oklahoma City experiences include craft beer tours by bike, indoor skydiving and art and architecture tours. It’s also worth visiting the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum.
Houston to Oklahoma City distance and driving time
By car, the distance from Houston to Oklahoma City is 445 miles. That makes for a driving time of around six hours and 40 minutes. The quickest route is up the I-45, then the I-35.
The best stops to add to a Houston to Oklahoma City road trip itinerary are Huntsville TX, Dallas and Turner Falls State Park.
Best stops between Houston and Oklahoma City: Huntsville, TX
On the edge of both the Sam Houston National Forest and Huntsville State Park, Huntsville also has a couple of cultural attractions worth considering.
This is where Sam Houston, first president of the Republic of Texas, died. The Sam Houston Memorial Museum on the family homestead tells his story and, with it, that of Texas.
The other key attraction in Huntsville is the Texas Prison Museum, which looks at prison life and the criminal justice system.
Houston to Oklahoma City drive: Dallas
Dallas has plenty of high quality cultural attractions. These include the Nasher Scupture Center, George W Bush Presidential Museum and Perot Museum of Science and Nature.
But for many visitors, the main reason to visit Dallas is the JFK assassination. Yes, you can go up to the Book Depository where Lee Harvey Oswald supposedly took his shot from. It’s now the Sixth Floor Museum.
Top Dallas experiences include a JFK Assassination and Museum tour, the GeO-Deck at Reunion Tower and a self-guided scavenger hunt.
Houston to Oklahoma City road trip attractions: Turner Falls Park
Turner Falls Park in Davis, Oklahoma, has a spring-fed creek running through the park. The highlight, though, is Turner Falls.
It is by no means Niagara, but the water does tumble 77ft into a seductive pool at the bottom.
There are three different swimming areas in the park – Honey Creek, the pool at the base of Turner Falls and Blue Hole Pool.
Walks will take you past caves and whitetail deer, while there’s also a somewhat out-of-place castle that you can poke your nose inside.
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