Historic Route 66

Northwest Arizona features two long segments of Historic Route 66 that veer well away from Interstate-40. If features beautiful desert mountain scenery and an old west town that refused to die. The second is a roughly 110-mile segment from Kingman to just west of Ash Fork, Arizona. It features a higher elevation with more moderate summer temperatures, access to Grand Canyon attractions, and other cool things. More…

Northwest Arizona features two long segments of Historic Route 66 that veer well away from Interstate-40. This page covers the Gold Road Mine, Cool Springs, the Hackberry General Store, and the Burma Shave signs. More…

Northwest Arizona features two long segments of Historic Route 66 that veer well away from Interstate-40. This page covers Historic Route 66 from Valentine to Ash Fork, Arizona, including Seligman, the birthplace of Historic Route 66. More…

In 1978, Route 66 was not really viewed as historic or nostalgic. Interstate-40 had largely opened and bypassed the route through the Southwest in the early 1970s. It simply wasn’t gone that long. There was no plethora of museums and visitor centers along the old route, as there is today, none of those brown signs along the interstate indicating an exit with Historic Route 66 access… More…

The Blue Mesa Trail winds through very colorful badlands which are eroding out of the mesa. The predominant color of the badlands is blue due to bentonite clay present in the mesa. This is a rare coloration which is best seen early and late in the day. More…

We spent a night of our brief Thanksgiving tour brought us to the Historic Route 66 town of Holbrook, Arizona. This is the town closest to Petrified Forest National Park and therefore offering various traveler services. Like most Route 66 towns it offers a variety of oddities and minor attractions… More…