Things to Do Near Dallas–Fort Worth, Sorted by Drive Time
153 kid-friendly adventures within about a four-hour drive of Dallas–Fort Worth — grouped by how far you want to go.
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Under an Hour from Dallas–Fort Worth
54 adventures
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1–2 Hours from Dallas–Fort Worth
15 adventures
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2–3 Hours from Dallas–Fort Worth
10 adventures
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3–4 Hours from Dallas–Fort Worth
74 adventures
These are estimates. Drive times are measured in a straight line from the middle of the DFW metroplex, roughly Grand Prairie, padded by 17% for winding roads and divided by a 55 mph average. Expect to be off by 15–30 minutes either way depending on where in Dallas you actually start.
Towns within a 4-hour drive of Dallas
- Broken Bow, OK (25)
- Austin, TX (13)
- Frisco, TX (11)
- Dallas, TX (8)
- Fort Worth, TX (7)
- Spicewood, TX (6)
- Georgetown, TX (5)
- Grapevine, TX (5)
- Burnet, TX (4)
- Oklahoma City, OK (4)
- Plano, TX (4)
- Glen Rose, TX (3)
- Arlington, TX (2)
- Bastrop, TX (2)
- Bend, TX (2)
- Cedar Hill, TX (2)
- Garland, TX (2)
- Little Elm, TX (2)
- McKinney, TX (2)
- Mineral Wells, TX (2)
- Bertram, TX (1)
- Brownwood, TX (1)
- Caddo, TX (1)
- Cedar Park, TX (1)
- Clayton, OK (1)
- Cleburne, TX (1)
- Colleyville, TX (1)
- Cooper, TX (1)
- Daingerfield, TX (1)
- Decatur, TX (1)
- Denison, TX (1)
- Eustace, TX (1)
- Flower Mound, TX (1)
- Fort Towson, OK (1)
- Grapeland, TX (1)
- Hugo, OK (1)
- Huntsville, TX (1)
- Idabel, OK (1)
- Karnack, TX (1)
- Lewisville, TX (1)
- Meridian, TX (1)
- Moody, TX (1)
- Norman, OK (1)
- Pflugerville, TX (1)
- Pilot Point, TX (1)
- Pittsburg, TX (1)
- Richardson, TX (1)
- Seagoville, TX (1)
- Sherman, TX (1)
- Somerville, TX (1)
- Southlake, TX (1)
- Talihina, OK (1)
- Tatum, TX (1)
- Tuscola, TX (1)
- Tyler, TX (1)
- Valliant, OK (1)
- Waco, TX (1)
- Weatherford, TX (1)
- Whitney, TX (1)
- Wilburton, OK (1)
- Wills Point, TX (1)
- Wylie, TX (1)