Itching to get out of Bell County for the day? There's a ton to do right here at home in Killeen, Belton, and Temple, of course, but sometimes a road trip is the best kind of family fun! Whether you're looking for a destination or just something fun to do while you're already out and about, we've got it all for you!
To make planning easier for you, we've compiled a list of 150+ places to explore within a 3ish drive of Bell County.
Is there a spot your family loves within driving distance of Bell County that isn't listed here? Tell us about it by dropping me a line at brittanyj@macaronikid.com.
Please note: While we've done our best to keep information current and up to date, please check with attractions before heading out!
Length of Trip
🚗: 0 minutes - 1 hour drive time from Killeen
🚗🚗: 1 hour - 2 hours drive time from Killeen
🚗🚗🚗: 2 hours - 3 hours drive time from Killeen
🎢 Amusement Parks and Water Parks |
- Kalahari Indoor Water Park, Round Rock 🚗
- Hawaiian Falls Waco, Waco 🚗
- Rock 'N River Water Park, Round Rock 🚗
- Splash Shack, Cedar Park 🚗
- Typhoon Texas Waterpark Austin, Pflugerville 🚗
- Waco Surf, Waco 🚗
- Pirates' Cove Fun Zone, Burleson 🚗🚗
- Volente Beach Resort & Waterpark, Leander 🚗🚗
- ZDT's Amusement Park, Seguin 🚗🚗
- Bahama Beach Waterpark, Dallas 🚗🚗🚗
- Big Rivers Waterpark, New Caney 🚗🚗🚗
- Dig World, Katy 🚗🚗🚗
- Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark, Grand Prairie 🚗🚗🚗
- Forest Oasis Waterpark, The Woodlands 🚗🚗🚗
- Frisco Water Park, Frisco 🚗🚗🚗
- Great Wolf Lodge, Grapevine 🚗🚗🚗
- Hawaiian Falls Mansfield, Mansfield 🚗🚗🚗
- Hawaiian Falls Roanoke, Roanoke 🚗🚗🚗
- Hawaiian Waters Garland, Garland 🚗🚗🚗
- Hawaiian Waters The Colony, The Colony 🚗🚗🚗
- Hurricane Harbor Splashtown, Spring 🚗🚗🚗
- Morgan's Wonderland, San Antonio 🚗🚗🚗
- NRH2O Family Water Park, North Richland Hills 🚗🚗🚗
- Peppa Pig Theme Park, Fort Worth 🚗🚗🚗
- Sea World, San Antonio 🚗🚗🚗
- Six Flags Fiesta, San Antonio 🚗🚗🚗
- Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington 🚗🚗🚗
- Splash Dayz, White Settlement 🚗🚗🚗
- Splash Kingdom Air Patrol, Greenville 🚗🚗🚗
- Splash Kingdom Paradise Island, Canton 🚗🚗🚗
- Splash Kingdom Wild West, Weatherford 🚗🚗🚗
- The Keller Pointe, Keller 🚗🚗🚗
- Typhoon Texas Waterpark Houston, Katy 🚗🚗🚗
- Waterpark at the Villages, Flint 🚗🚗🚗
- Water Works Park, Denton 🚗🚗🚗
🐄 Animal Attractions |
- Austin Aquarium, Austin 🚗
- Austin Zoo, Austin 🚗
- Buena Vista Wildlife Safari, Evant 🚗
- Cameron Park Zoo, Waco 🚗
- Topsey Exotic Ranch & Park, Copperas Cove 🚗
- Aggieland Wild Animal Safari, Bryan 🚗🚗
- Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo, New Braunfels 🚗🚗
- Capitol of Texas Zoo, Cedar Creek 🚗🚗
- Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Glen Rose 🚗🚗
- Franklin Drive Thru Safari, Franklin 🚗🚗
- SeaQuest Fort Worth, Fort Worth 🚗🚗
- The Exotic Resort Zoo, Johnson City 🚗🚗
- The Preserve, Fredericksburg 🚗🚗
- Caldwell Zoo, Tyler 🚗🚗🚗
- Canton Grand Safari Adventure, Grand Saline 🚗🚗🚗
- Children's Aquarium Dallas at Fair Park, Dallas 🚗🚗🚗
- Dallas Zoo, Dallas 🚗🚗🚗
- Fort Worth Stockyards, Fort Worth 🚗🚗🚗
- Fort Worth Zoo, Fort Worth 🚗🚗🚗
- Frank Buck Zoo, Gainesville 🚗🚗🚗
- Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, McKinney 🚗🚗🚗
- Houston Interactive Aquarium & Animal Preserve, Humble 🚗🚗🚗
- In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue & Educational Center, Wylie 🚗🚗🚗
- Longneck Manor, Fredericksburg 🚗🚗🚗
- Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch, San Antonio 🚗🚗🚗
- Rocky Ridge Drive-Thru Safari, Eustace 🚗🚗🚗
- San Antonio Aquarium, San Antonio 🚗🚗🚗
- San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio 🚗🚗🚗
- SEA LIFE Grapevine, Grapevine 🚗🚗🚗
- SEA LIFE San Antonio, San Antonio 🚗🚗🚗
- Sea World, San Antonio 🚗🚗🚗
- Sharkarosa Zoo, Pilot Point 🚗🚗🚗
- Texas Zoofari Park, Kaufman 🚗🚗🚗
- TGR Exotics Wildlife Park, Spring 🚗🚗🚗
- The Dallas World Aquarium, Dallas 🚗🚗🚗
- The Learning Zoo, Conroe 🚗🚗🚗
🦕 Dinosaur Adventures |
- Austin Nature & Science Center, Austin 🚗
- Hartman Prehistoric Garden, Austin 🚗
- Waco Mammoth National Monument, Waco 🚗
- Dinosaur Valley State Park, Glen Rose 🚗🚗
- Dinosaur World, Glen Rose 🚗🚗
- Texas Through Time, Hillsboro 🚗🚗
- The Dinosaur Park, Cedar Creek 🚗🚗
- Bandera Natural History Museum, Bandera 🚗🚗🚗
- Dinosaur Land Children's Museum, Fort Worth 🚗🚗🚗
- Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, McKinney 🚗🚗🚗
- Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Mineral Wells 🚗🚗🚗
- The Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country, Canyon Lake 🚗🚗🚗
🧲 Children's Museums and Other Indoor Fun |
- Dr. Pepper Museum, Waco 🚗
- Mayborn Museum, Waco 🚗
- Thinkery, Austin 🚗
- Museum of Ice Cream, Austin 🚗🚗
- Science Mill, Johnson City 🚗🚗
- Texas Children's Museum, Rio Vista 🚗🚗
- The Children's Museum of the Brazos Valley, Bryan 🚗🚗
- Blue Bell Creamery, Brenham 🚗🚗🚗
- KidZania USA, Frisco 🚗🚗🚗
- LEGOLAND Discovery Center Dallas, Grapevine 🚗🚗🚗
- LEGOLAND Discovery Center San Antonio, San Antonio 🚗🚗🚗
- McKenna Children's Museum, New Braunfels 🚗🚗🚗
- National Videogame Museum, Frisco 🚗🚗🚗
- Project Play Discovery Museum, Hurst 🚗🚗🚗
- The Discovery Science Place, Tyler 🚗🚗🚗
- The DoSeum, San Antonio 🚗🚗🚗
- The Woodlands Children's Museum, The Woodlands 🚗🚗🚗
🖼️ Science, History, and Art Attractions |
- Texas Science and Natural History Museum, Austin 🚗
- Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History, Bryan 🚗🚗
- Cathedral of Junk, Austin, 🚗🚗
- Wonderspaces Austin, Austin 🚗🚗
- Bandera Natural History Museum, Bandera 🚗🚗🚗
- Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth 🚗🚗🚗
- Fort Worth Water Gardens, Fort Worth 🚗🚗🚗
- Meow Wolf Grapevine, Grapevine 🚗🚗🚗
- Perot Museum of Nature & Science, Dallas 🚗🚗🚗
- The Witte Museum, San Antonio 🚗🚗🚗
🌿 Nature Centers & Gardens |
- Austin Nature & Science Center, Austin 🚗
- Carleen Bright Arboretum, Woodway 🚗
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin 🚗🚗
- Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin 🚗🚗
- Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden, Dallas 🚗🚗🚗
- Houston Arboretum & Nature Center, Houston 🚗🚗🚗
- Japanese Tea Garden, San Antonio 🚗🚗🚗
✈️ Planes, Trains, and Automobiles |
- Austin Steam Train, Bertram, Burnet, and Cedar Park 🚗
- Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas 🚗🚗🚗
- Texas State Railroad, Palestine 🚗🚗🚗
🦇 Caves and Caverns |
- Inner Space Cavern, Georgetown 🚗
- Longhorn Cavern State Park, Burnet 🚗🚗
- Cascade Caverns, Boerne 🚗🚗🚗
- Cave Without a Name, Boerne 🚗🚗🚗
- Natural Bridge Caverns, San Antonio 🚗🚗🚗
- Wonder World Cave & Adventure Park, San Marcos 🚗🚗🚗
🏕️ Hiking |
- Inks Lake State Park, Burnet 🚗
- Mother Neff State Park, Moody 🚗
- Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, Marble Falls 🚗🚗
- Colorado Bend State Park, Bend 🚗🚗
- Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg 🚗🚗
- Pedernales Falls State Park, Johnson City 🚗🚗
🌊 Waterfalls |
- Crockett Garden Falls, Georgetown 🚗
- Devil's Waterhole, Burnet 🚗🚗
- Gorman Falls, Bend 🚗🚗
- Hamilton Pool Preserve, Dripping Springs 🚗🚗
- McKinney Falls, Austin 🚗🚗
- Pedernales Falls, Johnson City 🚗🚗
- Krause Springs, Spicewood 🚗🚗
🏙️ Notable Small Towns & Big Cities |
- Waco 🚗
- Marble Falls 🚗🚗
- San Saba 🚗🚗
- Fredericksburg 🚗🚗
- Johnson City 🚗🚗
- New Braunfels 🚗🚗🚗
Traveling in TX? Check out our active TX sister sites for events and fun throughout the state!
We've also got sites all over the US! Find your destination and see if there's an active site where you're heading.
Check out Macaroni KID Family Travel for tips, tricks, and travel destinations all over the world!
