Desoto, Red Oak, Waxahachie, Italy, Hillsboro, West... I realize they don't all qualify as cities.
Consider Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Colorado Springs. Each are worthy multi-day rest stops and each is a destination in its own right.
The halfway point between the cities of Houston, Texas and Denver. Colorado is Wichita Kansas. Each city is about 511 miles away from Wichita.
The flight distance from Texas (TX) to Denver, Colorado is: 724 miles / 1,166 km
There are approximately 770 miles between Denver, Colorado and Odessa, Texas when traveling by road.
Check the Google maps website. Enter the cities, and it willgive you the answer.
Dallas to Denver is about 800 miles.
A rough estimate would be Amarillo, Texas.
about 790 miles
denver Colorado
It is 1,005 milles according to Google Maps.
It is 775.55 miles according to MapQuest.
The distance from DeSoto, Texas, to Denver, Colorado, is 670 air miles. That equals 1,078 kilometers or 582 nautical miles.
The driving distance is about 797 road miles.