Denton
Denton is a city in the U.S.

Denton is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Denton County. With a population of 139,869 as of 2020, it is the 20th-most populous city in Texas, the 177th-most populous city in the United States, and the 10th-most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
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Worth seeing in and around Denton
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of North Texas
The University of North Texas is a public research university in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, United States. Its main campus is in Denton, with a satellite campus in Frisco.
1.8 km · public research university based in Denton, TX, USA · Wikipedia - 02Texas's 26th congressional district
Texas' 26th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives includes rural Cooke County to the north and some of Wise County to the West and includes parts of Denton County, including Flower Mound, Lewisville and parts of Corinth, Carrollton, Little Elm and The Colony. The current Representative is Brandon Gill.
3.6 km · U.S. House district for Texas · Wikipedia - 03C. H. Collins Athletic Complex
CH Collins Stadium is a 12,000-capacity multi-use stadium in Denton, Texas. The stadium is used mostly for high school football and soccer.
5.3 km · Multi-use stadium in Denton, Texas, U.S. · Wikipedia - 04DATCU Stadium
DATCU Stadium is a college football stadium located at the north junction of Interstate 35E and Interstate 35W in Denton, Texas, United States. Opened in 2011, it is home to the University of North Texas Mean Green football team, which competes in the American Athletic Conference.
3.2 km · college football stadium in Denton, Texas, United States · Wikipedia - 05Fouts Field
Fouts Field was a stadium at the University of North Texas, located in Denton, Texas. Its primary use from its opening in 1952 until 2010 was as the home field for North Texas Mean Green football.
2.8 km · stadium in Texas, United States · Wikipedia - 06Golden Triangle Mall
Golden Triangle Mall is an enclosed, single-level shopping mall located at the intersection of Loop 288 and I-35E in Denton, Texas, United States. It contains seven current anchors, a playplace, and total leasable floor area of 764,719 sq ft total.
3.7 km · mall in Denton, Texas · Wikipedia - 07University of North Texas Discovery Park
The University of North Texas Discovery Park Campus, formerly Research Park, is a satellite research facility of the University of North Texas. Discovery Park is located in Denton, Texas, north of the main campus, on U.S. Highway 77.
4.7 km · Research facility of the University of North Texas · Wikipedia
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Getting to Denton
- Airports
- Dallas Fort Worth (DFW), 37 km · Dallas Love Field (DAL), 49 km · OKC Will Rogers World (OKC), 246 km
- Stations
- Denton Enterprise Airport, 6.6 km · Downtown Denton Transit Center, 400 m
- Dallas → Denton57 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · $5–7
- Oklahoma City → Denton253 km · quickest by road, 3h 44m · $21–29
- Houston → Denton419 km · quickest by air, 5h 43m · $220–320
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Denton
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Denton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextAny destination in Dallas or Fort Worth is easily accessible as a day trip.
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Next door to Denton
Denton is 53 km from Arlington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Corinthcity in Texas, United States9.6 km