Looking for Things to Do in Houston or Places to Go in Houston?

 Many family activities in the Houston area await you. Check each web site below for admission prices, hours, directions and special events and exhibits.

 Also included is a list of Things to Do in Texas and Places to Go in Texas that are a day or night trip away from Houston.

$1 movies!

·         AMC Summer MovieCamp Schedule (proceeds go to charity)

·         Cinemark Summer Movie Clubhouse Schedule

Free Parks!

·         Mercer Arboretum & Botanical Gardens

·         Houston Parks & Recreation Department (Over 350 developed parks and 200 open spaces, including free recreational parks skate parks, golf, pools, hiking & bike trails, etc.; open to the public)

·         Harris County Parks

-         Precinct One Parks

-          Precinct Two Parks

-          Precinct Three Parks

-          Precinct Four Parks

·         Zube Park Railroad (FREE train rides open to the public every third Saturday, March - November)

·         Skate Park, Houston

·         Nottingham Park, Splash Park

Library time!

·         Harris County Public Library System

·         Houston Public Library System

·         Houston Community College Libraries

Museums & Tours! ($10 or under per person admission)

·         Battleship Texas Tour & San Jacinto Battleground S.H.S.

·         Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston (Always FREE admission)

·         Houston Ship Channel Boat Tour: (FREE Port of Houston passenger boat rides) The Children's Museum of Houston (FREE each Thursdays, 5 – 8 p.m.)

·         The Woodland's Children Museum

·         The Health Museum

·          NASA

Outdoor Fun!

·         Miller Outdoor Theatre: FREE concerts and plays all year long.

·         The Cynthia Mitchell Woods Pavilion: Look for $10 or under concerts/festivals.

·         Blue Barn Fun Farm (Reservations only; call ahead!)

·         Dewberry Farms

·         Oil Ranch

 

Zoo time! 

·         Houston Zoo:  Check out FREE admission on these special holidays: Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day and Friday after Thanksgiving.

 

·         Waugh Bridge Bat Colony Pontoon Boat Tours (Offered second Friday each month, March – October)

·         Downtown Aquarium (Houston)

·         Kemah Boardwalk (Tip: FREE scheduled live entertainment and a FREE splash pad are available; buy the all-day ride passes to save a few bucks, and bring a picnic and your own drinks. Boat and sea gull watching also is FREE)

·         Splashtown, Houston (water park)

·         Austin, TX (State Capitol)

-          Austin Parks Getaways

-          Austin Children's Museum

-          Austin City Limits (festival and PBS show)

-          Barton Springs Pool

-          Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum

-          Congress Avenue Bridge (watch the Mexican bats in flight!)

-          Hike & Bike Trails

-          Lyndon B. Johnson Park

-          Texas State Capitol and Visitors Museum

-          Zilker Metro Park (Festivals, pool, canoe, train ride, etc.)

·         Bayou Wildlife Park (Alvin, TX)

• Blue Bell Creamery tours (Brenham, TX) Look for online coupons!
• Brazos Bend State Park (Needville, TX)
• Galveston Island (Restaurants, shopping, beaches & more):

-          Armand Bayou Nature Center (Kid’s eco-camps & more)

-          Bolivar Peninsula (Crystal Beach): FREE ferry rides!

-          Galveston Beach Parks

-          Galveston Driving Tours - Points of Interest

-          Galveston Historical Foundation Heritage Tours

-          Galveston Island Fishing Tip Sheet

-          Galveston Railroad Museum

-          Lone Star Flight Museum

-          NOAA Sea Turtle Facility

-          Moody's Gardens

-          Sea Wolf Park (WWII Submarine tour & more!)

-          Schlitterbaun Galveston Waterpark

-          Texas Seaport Museum (Historic Elissa boat tour)

 

• Texas Hill Country

-          Hill Country Park Getaways

-          Texas Hill Country web site

 

·         San Antonio, TX

-          The Alamo

-          Botanical Gardens

-          Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum

-          River Walk (Shopping, restaurants & more)

-          Sea World

-          San Antonio Missions

-          San Antonio Parks Getaways

-          San Antonio Zoo

-          Six Flags Fiesta Texas

Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site