Texarkana to Houston drive: Distance, drive time & best stops

The distance from Texarkana to Houston by car is 290 miles, with a 4h46m driving time. The best road trip stops on the Texarkana to Houston drive are the Gone With The Wind Museum, Lufkin TX and Lake Livingston State Park.

Planning a Texarkana to Houston road trip itinerary

The drive from Texarkana to Houston takes you from the Arkansas border to the biggest city in Texas.

Texarkana offers scavenger hunts and the Holiday Springs Water Park.

The top Houston attraction is unquestionably the NASA Space Center, 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 and the 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.

Texarkana to Houston distance and driving time

By car, the distance from Texarkana to Houston is 290 miles. That makes for a driving time of around four hours and 46 minutes. The quickest route is down US-59.

The best stops to add to a Texarkana to Houston road trip itinerary are the Gone With The Wind Museum, Lufkin TX and the Lake Livingston State Park.

Texarkana to Houston road trip attractions: Gone With The Wind Museum

Scarlett O’Hardy’s Gone With The Wind Museum in Jefferson, Texas, is essentially an extraordinary personal collection of memorabilia shared with the world. The museum celebrates both Margaret Mitchell’s book and the 1939 film.

Highlights of the collection include more than 100 foreign language versions of the book and a vast raft of movie posters.

Best stops between Texarkana and Houston: Lufkin, Texas

There’s a surprising amount to do in Lufkin, Texas. For museums, there’s the art-focused Museum of East Texas and the Naranjo Museum of Natural History majors on animals and dinosaurs.

If you want to see real animals, rather than the skeletons of them, head to the Ellen Trout Zoo. Creatures on display include hippos, rhinos, tigers and giraffes.

Texarkana to Houston drive: Lake Livingston State Park

Lake Livingston State Park shows off one of the largest lakes in Texas. It’s a popular fishing spot, with the lake renowned for a large white bass population.

Take to the walking trails and you might spot opossums, bald eagles, armadillos or raccoons. Otherwise, drop by for a scenic picnic and swim.

The skyline of Downtown Houston, Texas. Photo by Alex/ Pixabay.

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Best stops between Texarkana and Houston: Lufkin, Texas

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