Best route from Palo Duro State Park Texas to Galveston
We'll be traveling through and visiting Palo Duro State Park in Texas before heading down to Galveston. We'd like to avoid the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Best routes? Thanks.
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IH-24 to US-87.
US-87 to US-277 at San Angelo, thence south to IH-10.
IH-10 thru San Antonio no big deal. Can use 410-Loop around south side if desired.
IH-10 to Columbus thence south thru El Campo on TX-71 to Bay City.
TX-35 to Lake Jackson it’s a coin flip from there to Galveston (nothing like it was before Hurricane Ike tore it up in 2008).
EAST-WEST across Houston always easy. It’s North-South where it’s a total PITA.
As a lifelong Texan (and truck driver), this is the routing with the least traffic. Steady friction-free miles till the SA to Columbus leg.
95% of Texans live east of IH-35. Avoiding the triangle of Dallas, Houston and San Antonio is how to make time despite a longer route.
OTOH, my preferred “short” route would be US-287 from Amarillo to FTW, then IH-35S to Waco and use Texas-6 the rest of the way to La Marque. (Houston toll roads are easy if you want the expense to avoid backups elsewhere).
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US-87 to US-277 at San Angelo, thence south to IH-10.
IH-10 thru San Antonio no big deal. Can use 410-Loop around south side if desired.
IH-10 to Columbus thence south thru El Campo on TX-71 to Bay City.
TX-35 to Lake Jackson it’s a coin flip from there to Galveston (nothing like it was before Hurricane Ike tore it up in 2008).
EAST-WEST across Houston always easy. It’s North-South where it’s a total PITA.
As a lifelong Texan (and truck driver), this is the routing with the least traffic. Steady friction-free miles till the SA to Columbus leg.
95% of Texans live east of IH-35. Avoiding the triangle of Dallas, Houston and San Antonio is how to make time despite a longer route.
OTOH, my preferred “short” route would be US-287 from Amarillo to FTW, then IH-35S to Waco and use Texas-6 the rest of the way to La Marque. (Houston toll roads are easy if you want the expense to avoid backups elsewhere).
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