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Check out these 13 Texas family road trips and start packing!

Road trips in Texas can be long or short, depending on where you’re going. Choose from beaches, historic sites, state parks, shops, restaurants, and tours. Get away for a day or a weekend with your family. Follow along with these 13 Texas family road trips that top our list, and get ready because summer is not over yet!!

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13 Texas Family Road Trips To Take In 2022

A Texas road trip always includes a trip to a Buc-ee’s, right? They have cheaper gas, clean restrooms, and a lot of nuggets. I live five minutes from one, but I still find myself stopping at them, like the one in Ennis.

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13 Texas Family Road Trips

1. Pearland, Texas

Pearland is a short drive south of Houston. Its name in Spanish means “The Land of Pears.” Now you can take your souvenir photo on the Pear-Scape Trail with giant pears painted by local artists. Pearland has many hotels, restaurants, shops, and antiques. I particularly like the Pearland Town Center – there are so many name-brand stores in one place.

Your family can enjoy disc golf, a nature center with interactive animal programs, educational exhibits and workshops, hiking and biking trails, and more. A recent article by Kim C. is about a Mother-Daughter trip to Pearland.

13 Texas Family Road Trips

2. San Angelo, Texas

If you want to experience the Old West of Texas, San Angelo offers several options for exciting outdoor adventures. The most popular of this city are the guided tours to see bison and longhorn cattle or the longhorns in San Angelo State Park.

Visit Fort Concho National Historic Landmark, stroll the Concho riverwalk, admire the international collection of water lilies at Civic League Park, and enjoy the art around town.

13 Texas Family Road Trips

3. Hiking In Texas State Parks

If nature, adventures, hiking, and excursions are your thing, take a road trip to Texas to one of our state parks, which offers these outdoor activities. You’ll find cabins and places to pitch your tent. These parks are perfect for spending a day away from the city with family.

Great Texas State Parks for Hiking:

  • Palo Duro Canyon State Park
  • Caprock Canyon State Park
  • Tyler State Park
  • Dinosaur Valley State Park
  • Pedernales State Park

Seguin Street Art Mural

4. Seguin, Texas

Seguin is a family vacation spot located south of Austin on the banks of the Guadalupe River. It offers different lodging experiences, such as staying in a historic and haunted hotel or a resort with treehouses and glamping cabins.

Take your family to see the world’s largest pecan, eat at local restaurants and take a photo in front of one of the city’s murals.

Visit Geronimo Creek, where you can do water activities, or visit the private lakeside cabins on Son’s Island with private cabins in a relaxed and luxurious atmosphere. They have the treehouses to experience.

5. Brazosport Area, Texas

The Brazosport area is a low-traffic coastal community located south of Houston. You can enjoy different beaches in this area, each with its own rules. Go prepared for everything you need during the day because you will not find stores or concessions here. There are different options to stay. Read about our family trip and the communities that make up the Brazosport Area.

Apart from the beach, you can visit the Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site in West Columbia, Texas. Also, visit the Sea Center Texas, a free aquarium and wetland featuring marine life exhibits, a fishing lake for kids, and more.

6. Baytown, Texas

Baytown is located on the Gulf Coast, 26 miles from Houston. Tour the city on the Official Baytown GeoTour, take photos of the city’s artistic murals, or browse the art galleries in the Downtown Art District. Enjoy nature at the Baytown Nature Center, a family area where you can fish, walk through the butterfly garden, see birds of different species and walk along its paths, among other activities.

You can also visit Roseland Park; there is a walking trail, boat ramps, fishing piers, covered play areas, barbecue grills, and courts for volleyball and basketball.

7. Mesquite, Texas

Do you like the rodeo? Mesquite, Texas, is the Rodeo Capital of Texas, with more rodeos than any other city in Texas – including Fort Worth. There’s a lot to do in the city, which is only 15 minutes from downtown Dallas. I had the chance to attend a rodeo when I took my dogs on the weekend pet-friendly trip to Mesquite, TX.

8. Conroe, Texas

How about staying at a resort north of Houston? The one and only Margaritaville Resort Lake Conroe. It’s a great place for the whole family, and water sporting is a huge thing there – kayaking, boating, swimming, fishing, and lots of memories!

13 Texas Family Road Trips

Guadalupe River in Gruene

9. New Braunfels, Texas

Any reason to go to New Braunfels is a good reason for me. It’s one of my favorite family road trips to take. We love the Guadalupe River but love Gruene better. The restaurants there are hard to beat for having a great dinner and a good time.

10. Plano, Texas

Plano has become a family place to travel to. With the Crayola Factory, horseriding at Southfork Ranch, that cool zipline at GO APE to all the shopping and dining you can think of, Plano is rocking and rolling and would make a wonderful Texas family road trip. Here are three reasons why:

  1. Fun-Packed Weekend in Plano
  2. Pet-friendly Plano Weekend
  3. Family-fun Attractions in Plano

11. Tanglewood Resort – Lake Texoma

Adults and kids alike will like the new 3-tier pool with a slide. This place is gorgeous outside, with lots of seating, a tiki bar, and live music. Of course, that’s not all, the villas are nice and spacious, and the restaurants are there to make everyone happy – yes, even your kiddos. See our trip when I went with my girlfriend – Tanglewood Resort on Lake Texoma.

12. Abilene, Texas

If any place is great for a family road trip, it’s Abilene. Seeing that it’s the Storybook Capital of Texas, there are plenty of stories to read to your children. I haven’t made it out that way, but one of our writers took her family there a couple of years ago and had a great time. Read her story here – Family-fun Weekend Getaway to Abilene, TX.

13. Columbus, Texas

Spend the holidays or any day in Columbus. It’s another place I have yet to go, but two of our past writers went, and I combined their stories into one. They both went during the holiday, and Santa Claus was the main attraction. Things To Do In Columbus, TX.

I hope you’ve enjoyed these 13 Texas family road trips. Have fun on your journey.

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About Kim Croisant

Travel writer, travel blogger, and road trip enthusiast Kim Croisant is a proud native Texan passionate about seeing Texas by car. Kim is raising her grandson and takes him on as many trips as possible. When she's feeling the love, she lets her darling 83-year-old mother come along as well. But her favorite way to travel is solo. When Kim's not writing, she is hiking through nature and camping in the woods in a cabin full of amenities.

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