How long does it take to get from Austin to Tomball, TX?

Answer 1

A little over two hours.

Take 2920 to 290. Take 290 to Austin. Pretty straightforward trip and you get to go through a lot of neat little towns with that brickwork "town square" architecture that was popular around 1900 or so.

Since you're coming from Austin to Tomball, take 290 eastbound to the 2920 exit. It is the third or fourth exit after the Highway 6 merge ramp (where Lawrence Marshall auto galaxy is). The sign will say Waller and 2920. Since 2920 ends there, you can only go one way. You'll run into Tomball where it intersects 249. Still a bit over two hours.

EDIT: I really wish people wouldn't just cut and paste a map site as their answer. If you don't know, don't answer. Austin is a good sized burg, and you've just given directions from the center of one town to the center of another. Not very helpful.

Answer 2

Tomball is just outside of Houston. Driving time from Austin is somewhere around 2.5 hours.

Answer 3

It all depends on time of day, day of the week, part of austin to part of tomball and how you drive, but overall it should take between 2 1/2 - 3 hours. Here are some directions on roughly how to get there from the Center of Austin to the Center of Tomball

St 0.3 mi

2. Turn left at Red River St 0.1 mi
1 min

3. Turn right at E 7th St 0.2 mi
1 min

4. Turn left at I-35 N 0.1 mi
1 min

5. Take the ramp on the left onto I-35 N/US-290 E/US-81 N 3.6 mi
4 mins

6. Take exit 238B to merge onto US-290 E toward Houston 83.0 mi
1 hour 33 mins

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7. Take the US-290 E/TX-36 S ramp to Houston/Bellville 0.3 mi

8. Merge onto US-290 E 32.5 mi
32 mins

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9. Take the exit toward FM-2920/Waller/Tomball 0.3 mi

10. Merge onto TX-6/US-290 59 ft

11. Turn left at FM-2920 E 17.2 mi
23 mins

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12. Turn left at TX-249 N/Tomball Pkwy 1.2 mi
3 mins

13. Turn right at Baker Dr 0.6 mi
2 mins

14. Turn left at Quinn Rd 1.1 mi
4 mins