Fort Worth to El Paso road trip: Drive time, distance & best stops
The best road trip stops on the Fort Worth to El Paso drive are Abilene TX, Midland TX and Balmorhea State Park. The distance from Fort Worth to El Paso by car is 603 miles, with an 8h33m driving time.
Planning a Fort Worth to El Paso road trip itinerary
The Fort Worth to El Paso drive connects two of the biggest cities in Texas.
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.
Other good Fort Worth experiences include a Stockyards food tour, electric bike BBQ tours, historic pub crawls and ghost tours.
If you want a Fort Worth hotel with character, try the Stockyards Hotel or the Sinclair.
El Paso has plenty of stories behind it, some of which are covered on the Ghosts, Haunted Cowboys and Outlaws tour. You can also explore the surrounding landscape on a UTV adventure tour, or going biking, hiking and rock-climbing in Franklin Mountains State Park.
As for other El Paso attractions, the National Border Patrol Museum looks at the work of those who monitor the US’ borders, with a little bit too much emphasis on weaponry. The El Paso Museum of Archaeology, meanwhile, looks at the prehistory of the South West.
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Fort Worth to El Paso distance and driving time
By car, the distance from Fort Worth to El Paso is 603 miles. That makes for a driving time of around eight hours and 33 minutes. The quickest route is down the I-20 and I-10.
The best stops to add to a Fort Worth to El Paso road trip itinerary are Abilene TX, Midland TX and Balmorhea State Park.
For more suggestions, see the guides to the Fort Worth to Abilene drive and Abilene to El Paso drive.
Fort Worth to El Paso road trip attractions: Abilene TX
The first port of call for many visitors in Abilene TX is Frontier Texas, a museum about life in the Old West. Unlike many dreary local history museums, Frontier Texas uses state of the art technology to be as interactive as possible, and the scope is much grander than the immediate local region.
The other really interesting attraction in Abilene TX is the National Center For Children’s Illustrated Literature, which collects the original artwork from beloved children’s books.
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Best stops between Fort Worth and El Paso: Midland TX
Midland TX is very much an oil town, and life revolves around the oil industry. The Permian Basin Petroleum Museum looks at why the oil is there in the first place, and how the region has developed. The city also plays host to the Museum of the Southwest, which covers art, science and regional history. The museum also has a planetarium.
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Fort Worth to El Paso drive: Balmorhea State Park
Balmorhea State Park in Toyahvale TX is home to the world’s largest spring-fed swimming pool. More than 15 million gallons of water flow through this 1.3 million acre pool on a daily basis, fed by the San Solomon Springs. It’s naturally heated, too, with the water temperature at a steady 72 to 76 degrees all year. It’s also possible to go Scuba diving here.
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