Wichita Falls to Houston drive: Best stops, distance and time

The distance from Wichita Falls to Houston by car is 374 miles, with a 5h30m driving time. The best road trip stops on the Wichita Falls to Houston drive are the World’s Largest Bowie Knife, Fort Worth and Huntsville TX.

Planning a Wichita Falls to Houston road trip itinerary

The drive from Wichita Falls to Houston takes you from an attraction-packed North Texas hub to the state’s biggest city.

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.

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.

Wichita Falls to Houston distance and driving time

By car, the distance from Wichita Falls to Houston is 374 miles. That makes for a driving time of around five hours and 30 minutes.

The quickest route is usually down US-287 then the I-45. The best stops on a Wichita Falls to Houston road trip itinerary are the World’s Largest Bowie Knife, Fort Worth and Huntsville TX.

Wichita Falls to Houston: World’s Largest Bowie Knife

Bowie TX is home to what is excitedly billed as the world’s largest Bowie Knife. For the uninitiated, the Bowie Knife was created by Rezin Bowie and used by his notorious knife-fighting brother, Jim.

The large sheathed knives, beloved of outdoorsmen and the military, are still associated with knife fights today.

Good luck holding the one in Bowie TX, though – it’s 20ft long, and is one of America’s most gloriously silly roadside photo stops.

Wichita Falls to Houston road trip attractions: Fort Worth

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.

Best stops between Wichita Falls and Houston: 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.

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

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