Oklahoma City to Dallas road trip: Distance, drive time & best stops

The best stops on an Oklahoma City to Dallas road trip are the Toy and Action Figure Museum, Turner Falls Park and Lake Murray State Park. By car, the distance from Oklahoma City to Dallas is 206 miles, with a 3h7m driving time.

Planning and Oklahoma City to Dallas road trip itinerary

The drive from Oklahoma City to Dallas takes you over the state line from Oklahoma into north Texas.

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.  

Top Dallas experiences include a JFK Assassination and Museum tour, the GeO-Deck at Reunion Tower and a Dallas Cowboys stadium tour.

Top Dallas accommodation choices include the plush Hyatt Regency downtown and the charismatically luxurious Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek.

The best way to combine the JFK sites in Dallas is a special themed tour. This takes in the JFK Memorial, Dealey Plaza and the Grassy Knoll before heading to Lee Harvey Oswald’s rooming house. It finishes in the Sixth Floor Museum of the Texas Book Depository. On the way, expert guides take you through the assassination facts and theories. Find out more here.

Oklahoma City to Dallas distance and driving time

By car, the distance from Oklahoma City to Dallas is 206 miles. That makes for a driving time of around three hours and seven minutes.

The quickest route from Oklahoma City to Dallas is along the I-35.

The best stops along the Oklahoma City to Dallas drive are the Toy and Action Figure Museum in Pauls Valley, Turner Falls Park and Lake Murray State Park.

Oklahoma City to Dallas drive: The Toy and Action Figure Museum

Waves of nostalgia should wash over you at the Toy and Action Figure Museum in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. Here, thousands of toys and action figures have been collected and put in crowded displays.

One second, you’re looking at the Joker from Batman, the next at a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. This is a heartfelt labour of love rather than a polished museum, but it should bring childhood memories flooding back.

Oklahoma City to Dallas 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.

Attractions between Oklahoma City and Dallas: Lake Murray State Park

Lake Murray State Park is the biggest state park in Oklahama and, as the name suggests, it surrounds Lake Murray. If you want to stay overnight, there are cabins, an RV Park and the Lake Murray Lodge available.

There are several hiking trails, but the park tends to be most popular with off-roaders. 1,000 acres is set aside for ATVs, motorbikes and dirt bikes.

For passing travellers, the highlight is the Lake Murray Nature Center at the southern end of the lake. This attraction covers the lake’s history and natural life. It is connected by a short path to Tucker Tower, a bizarre, 65ft-tall castle-like building on the lake’s shore.

The Old Dallas County Courthouse in Dealey Plaza, Dallas.
The Old Dallas County Courthouse in Dealey Plaza, Dallas. Photo by David Whitley/ Best3Stops.

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