A truly refreshing stop, this 81-foot-deep sinkhole filled with remarkably clear, blue water has long restored travelers, from Native tribes to cowboys headed for the Pecos. The area has become a destination for scuba divers and swimmers seeking a respite in the cool, 60-some degree waters, located in Santa Rosa.
Clines Corners has been here since 1934! before Route 66 was realigned across the desert between Santa Rosa and Moriarty.
A place where weary Route 66 travellers can stop to fill up at the service stations, eat at the restaurant and food court or buy their typical southewestern souvenirs at the gift shop (the largest one in New Mexico).
It is set just north of Pedernal Peak, in the empty vast arid shrubland area between Santa Rosa and Moriarty on the 1937-85 Route 66.
Burgers and shakes abound at this classic 1950s-style diner, decorated with images of Elvis, Betty Boop, and Marilyn Monroe, a jukebox, and soda fountain. The restaurant runs out of a former Phillip’s service station. At their “Pile Up” and “Fender Bender,” a wall of road signs and advertisements make for a prime photo op.
This Parker through truss located on the historic Route 66 was built in 1933. It was fabricated by the Kansas City Structural Steel Company and erected by F.D. Shufflebarger of Albuquerque. Its 250 foot long length is one of the longest in New Mexico. Repairs and remodeling were completed in 1957. This structure was replaced in 1999 and is being preserved by the New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department.
Grants now has its own Route 66 arch, 18 feet tall, illuminated in LED neon and shaped like the highway sign. Cars can pull right through and pause for a photo. The arches were installed in 2016 to wish a happy 90th year to the historic highway and as part of a downtown restoration effort.
Once the height of luxury four Route 66 travelers, Hollywood crews and movie stars, including John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and Katherine Hepburn, have frequented El Rancho Hotel while shooting films in the area since the 1930s and ’40s. The hotel bar, the 49er Lounge, has also been named one of the best places to belly up for a fresh-squeezed margarita or a bee
This Tucumcari icon is home to a juke box, gas pumps, porcelain signs, a signed Loretta Lynn Route 66 guitar, and classic cars all memorialize the 604 miles of the original route that ran through New Mexico on its way from Chicago to Los Angeles. The Route 66 Monument, a tribute to the golden era of automobiles, its base made of tire, road and tread, and its top a chrome tailfin with taillights that still beam, sits on the adjoining pro
A rare find in a curio shop still open, Tee Pee Curios started as a gas and grocery store, and now sells Route 66 souvenirs, pottery, shirts, postcards, and jewelry—of course, under the banner of a neon sign and accessed through the teepee-shaped entrance.
Famous for its neon sign, which still often oversees vintage cars parked nearby, this motel in Tucumcari has been taking guests in since 1939. Rooms maintain a nostalgic feel through details like rotary dial phones, vintage lamps. A two-room suite named for longtime owner/operator Lillian Redman has been restored with much of the period décor in place.
For many years, Tucumcari has been a popular stop for cross-country travelers on Interstate 40 and previously Route 66. Numerous businesses, including gasoline service stations, restaurants and motels, were constructed to accommodate tourists as they traveled through on the Mother Road.
Today, Old U.S. Route 66 runs through the heart of Tucumcari via Route 66 Boulevard. A large number of the vintage motels and restaurants built in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s are still in business.
Tucumcari offers a variety of lodging options, and features over twenty motels for the traveling public, including the historic and well-known Blue Swallow Motel. Many "one-of-a-kind" properties are available as well as nationally operated chain facilities. Several are in the city, others offering great views of area lakes. Long famous for its number and variety of motels and lodging, the city adopted the "Tucumcari Tonite" advertising campaign.
And Tucumcari is known for its murals painted on area buildings; more than twenty have been painted thus far.
Four brothers launched this company in 1926, the same year Route 66 was created, eventually running 100 filing stations, motels, and truck stops spread from California to Texas, many of them along Route 66. The service station in Moriarty opened in 1954, the 72nd of its kind, and is one of few still running. The original sign was restored in 2014
draws car buffs from all over the country and beyond. The museum houses a large collection of classics, low riders, muscle cars and motorcycles … plus, gas pumps and other auto memorabilia from the early days of Route 66.
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