Top 10 Things for Kids to Do in Texas | Visit the Alamo | See a Historic Fort | Go to the Rodeo | Look for Seashells on Padre Island | Eat "real" Texas BBQ | Take a River Float Trip | Tour a Cavern | Stay Weird in Austin | Walk the Wetlands Boardwalk

Kids Guide to Texas

Top 10 Things for Kids to Do in Texas

Kids visiting Texas are sure to find plenty of fun activities and destinations to visit. Throughout the state there are fascinating places to visit, places filled with fun, destinations that provide excellent recreation and much more. Her are a few of the wonderful things that every kids should try when visiting Texas.

01  Visit the Alamo in San Antonio

02  Learn about the daily routine of a soldier at a frontier military post at Fort Davis National Historic Site

03  Beachcomb on the white sandy beaches, and explore the 70 miles of undeveloped barrier island at Padre Island National Seahore

04  Go to the Houston Rodeo, the largest rodeo in the work, to see parades, livestock, BBQ, bull riding and lots of fun

05  Walk the wetlands boardwalk at the Aquarena Center in San Marcos

06  Eat some amazing Texas BBQ, especially in Lockhart

07  Listen to some live music in Austin

08  Enjoy all of the mysteries of NASA at the Johnson Space Center, the official visitor's center for NASA

09  Float down the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park

10  Take a cavern tour at Longhorn Cavern State Park