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SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK We love to hear from travellers – your comments help make our books better. We read every word, and we guarantee that your feedback goes straight to the authors. Visit lonelyplanet.com/contact to submit your updates and suggestions.
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OUR STORYA beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies. Lonely Planet was born.
Today, Lonely Planet has offices in Melbourne, London and Oakland, with more than 600 staff and writers. We share Tony’s belief that ‘a great guidebook should do three things: inform, educate and amuse’.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSClimate map data adapted from Peel MC, Finlayson BL & McMahon TA (2007) ‘Updated World Map of the Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification’, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11, 1633 44.
Cover photographs: Front: 1957 Ford T-Bird on Route 66 in Laguna, New Mexico, Car Culture/Getty; Back: Santa Monica Pier, Verity E. Mulligan/Getty.
THIS BOOKThis 1st edition of Route 66 Road Trips was researched and written by Karla Zimmerman, Amy Balfour and Nate Cavalieri. This guidebook was produced by the following:
history 35Holbrook 91, 14-15Hollywood 45-6, 103-7, 104Hollywood Bowl 103Hollywood Sign 103Hollywood Walk of Fame 103Homolovi State Park 91Hualapai Mountain Park 98Humphreys Peak 94
IIllinois 50-60insurance 111internet access 12
KKachina Point 91Kansas 21, 65Kingman 35-6, 97-9, 32, 33
LLa Cieneguilla Petroglyph
Site 81Lebanon 9, 21, 9Lincoln, Abraham 20literature 36Los Angeles 11, 43-6, 100-10,
KARLA ZIMMERMANKarla is a life-long Midwesterner, well-versed in the region’s beaches, ballparks, breweries and pie shops. When she’s not home in Chicago watching the
Cubs (or writing for magazines, websites and books), she’s exploring. Karla has written for several Lonely Planet guides to the USA, Canada, the Caribbean and Europe.
NATE CAVALIERI Born and raised in rural Michigan, Nate Cavalieri authors guides for Lonely Planet on the US, Central America and the Caribbean, writes about music
and maintains several fictional twitter accounts about professional cycling. He lives in Oakland. Look him up at www.natecavalieri.com.
AMY BALFOUR Amy has authored or co-authored more than 15 books for Lonely Planet and has written for Backpacker, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Redbook, Southern
Living and Women’s Health.
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Although the authors and Lonely Planet have taken all reason-able care in preparing this book, we make no warranty about the accuracy or completeness of its content and, to the maxi-mum extent permitted, disclaim all liability arising from its use.
SSafford D7San Bernardino A7San Diego A7San Luis B7Santa Ana A7Santa Clarita A6Santa Fe F6Santa Monica A7Santa Rosa F6Seligman C6Sherman J7Show Low D7Siloam Springs K6Snowflake D7Springfield M3St Joseph K4St Louis M4St Paul K1Stillwater J6
WATER FEATURES Blue Shoals Reservoir L5Colorado River C6Eufaula Lake K6Harry S Truman
Reservoir K4Lake Mead B6Lake Michigan M2Lake Texoma J7Mississippi River L2-M6Red River J7
TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
INDEX OF PLACES
5–7 DAYS1050 MILES/1690KM
BEST TIME TO GOMay– Sep
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I ESSENTIAL PHOTOThe Gemini Giant, in
Wilmington, IL.
K BEST TWO DAYSOklahoma has more miles
of the original alignment than anywhere, plus cowboys and chicken-fried steak.
1�Chicago »» �2Gemini Giant
The Drive » Follow Adams St 1.5 miles to Ogden Ave. Go left, and continue through suburbs Cicero and Berwyn. At Harlem Ave, turn left (south), stay on it briefl y until you jump onto Joliet Rd. Soon Joliet Rd joins southbound I-55 (at exit 277), and you’ll be funneled onto the interstate.
2�Gemini Giant »» �3Atlanta
The Drive » Head back to I-55 and take exit 154 for Funks Grove, a 19th-century maple-sirup farm (yes, sirup with an ‘i’). Get on Old Route 66 (a frontage road that parallels the interstate), and it’s 10 miles to Atlanta.
3�Atlanta »» �4Springfi eld
The Drive » Continue on Old Route 66 (the frontage road) for 10 miles to Lincoln and its statue of Abe helming the world’s largest covered wagon. You can try tracing the road for a while longer (it gets tricky), or return to I-55. Springfi eld is 30 miles onward.
4�Springfi eld »» �5St Louis
The Drive » Return to I-55, which supersedes Route 66 here as in most of the state. Veer off for vintage cafes (in Litchfi eld) and restored gas stations (in Mt Olive). Near Edwardsville get on I-270, on which you’ll swoop over the Mississippi River and enter Missouri.
3–4 DAYS 223 MILES/375KM
GREAT FOR…
BG
BEST TIME TO GO Spring, when you can cruise with the windows down before the heat of summer.
I ESSENTIAL PHOTO Lying on the blacktop
next to the Route 66 signs.
K BEST ROAD National Trails Hwy
between Goff s and Amboy is the quintessential middle-of-nowhere cruise.
1�Needles »» �2Goffs
The Drive » West of Needles, follow Hwy 95 north of I-40 for 6 miles, then turn left onto Goff s Rd. You’ll inevitably be running alongside a long locomotive – this is a primary rail shipping route to the West Coast.
2�Goffs »» �3Amboy
The Drive » Keep going on Goff s Rd through Fenner, crossing under I-40. Turn right onto National Old Trails Hwy (which is also known as National Trails Hwy on some maps and signs) and drive for about an hour. This is some of the coolest stretch of road, with abandoned graffi ti-covered service stations, vintage signs rusting in the sun and huge skies.
3�Amboy »» �4Newberry Springs & Daggett
The Drive » From Amboy travel along National Old Trails Highway 30 miles to Ludlow. At Ludlow, turn right onto Crucero Rd and pass under I-40, then take the north frontage road west and turn left at Lavic Rd. Back on the south side of I-40, keep heading west on the National Old Trails Hwy. This entire trip will take about one hour and 45 minutes.
5�St Louis »»�6Meramec Caverns
The Drive » From here, I-44 closely tracks – and often covers – chunks of original Mother Road. Take the interstate southwest to Stanton, then follow the signs to Meramec Caverns.
6�Meramec Caverns »» �7Lebanon
The Drive » Route 66 follows a series of winding county roads through wee towns such as Bourbon, Cuba and Devil’s Elbow, all sticking close to I-44. After 100 miles or so, Lebanon makes a swell pit stop.
7�Lebanon »» �8Kansas
The Drive » Ditch I-44 west of Springfi eld, taking Hwy 96 to Civil War-era Carthage with its historic town square and 66 Drive-In Theatre. From Joplin, follow Hwy 66 to Old Route 66, and Kansas is on the horizon.
8�Kansas »» �9Tulsa
The Drive » Enter Oklahoma. From Afton, Route 66 parallels I-44 (now a tollway) through Vinita, home to Clanton’s chicken-fried-steak cafe. Another 40 miles brings you to Claremore, home of cowboy Will Rogers, then to Catoosa, with its 80ft-long Blue Whale, and Tulsa soon after.
9�Tulsa »» �aOklahoma City
The Drive » The rural route from Tulsa to Oklahoma City is one of the longest continuous stretches of Mother Road remaining (110 miles), a fi ne alternative to the I-44 tollway. As it approaches Oklahoma City, Route 66 follows Hwy 77 into town.
a�Oklahoma City »» �bEl Reno
The Drive » From OKC, Route 66 follows Business I-40 for 20 miles to El Reno and its distinctive meat. Sniff your way into town.
b�El Reno »» �cOklahoma Route 66Museum
The Drive » The route hugs I-40, sometimes paralleling it to the the north, through 60 miles of lonesome landscapes to Clinton.
4�Newberry Springs & Daggett »»�5Barstow
The Drive » Drive west to Nebo Rd, turning left to rejoin I-40. You’ll drive about 15 minutes before taking the exit for Barstow Road.
5�Barstow »» �6Elmer’s Place
The Drive » Leaving Barstow via Main St, rejoin the National Old Trails Hwy west. It curves alongside the Mojave River through Lenwood. After 25 minutes you’ll arrive at Elmer’s Place.
6�Elmer’s Place »» �7Victorville
The Drive » Cross over the Mojave River on a 1930s steel-truss bridge, then roll into downtown Victorville, a trip of about 20 minutes.
7�Victorville »» �8San Bernardino
The Drive » Get back on I-15 south over the daunting Cajon Summit. Descending into San Bernardino, take I-215 and exit at Devore. Follow Cajon Blvd to Mt Vernon Ave, detour east on Base Line St and go left onto ‘E’ St. This trip takes about 40 minutes. If you’re hungry, pull off in Hesperia at the Summit Inn, a classic diner.
8�San Bernardino »» �9Pasadena
The Drive » Stay on Route 66 as it detours briefl y onto Alosta Ave. Take lunch in Glendora, and shortly after 66 rejoins Foothill Blvd in Azusa. Continue onto Huntington Dr in Duarte, where a boisterous Route 66 parade happens in mid-September.
9�Pasadena »» �aHollywood
The Drive » Join the jet-set modern world on the Pasadena Fwy (Hwy 110), which streams south into LA. One of the fi rst freeways in the US, it’s a truck-free State Historic Freeway – the whole trip will take 20 minutes. But if you’re not quite ready for the trip to end, take a stroll through the glittering charms of LA.
b�Hollywood »» �cSanta Monica
The Drive » Follow Santa Monica Blvd west for 11 miles to reach the end of the road – it makes a junction with the Pacifi c Coast Highway (Hwy 1). The pier is a few blocks to the south. Just north is Palisades Park
Eastern Route 66Argue all you want, but we know that 66’s goofi est roadside attractions, friendliest small towns and best pie-fi lled diners pop up on the eastern swath, from Chicago to western Oklahoma.
From historic Needles in the east through to the sparkling waters of the mighty Pacifi c, search for your own American dream along California’s stretch of the Mother Road.
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