Why this ride
A one-way ride of 214 km, Winslow to the finish - roughly 2 h 56 in the saddle. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,350 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Historic Route 66: Winslow to Seligman
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 214 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 56
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Winslow
Winslow, Arizona, is famous for a song. In 1972, the Eagles released Take It Easy, with the line about standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and today a small park on the main street has a statue and a mural, and tourists line up to take their picture on the corner. The town sits on the old Route 66, on the high plateau of northern Arizona, beside the Little Colorado River, with a population of about nine and a half thousand, and a long railway history that shaped it.
Read the complete Winslow write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Winslow is where the day begins. Next is Flagstaff.
2. Flagstaff
Flagstaff stands at about 2,100 metres, higher than most Alpine villages, and it feels it. The air is thin and dry, the sky is a deep blue, and the town is wrapped in the largest ponderosa pine forest in North America, with the San Francisco Peaks rising to the north. The tallest of them, Humphreys Peak, is 3,851 metres, the highest point in Arizona, and it holds snow into early summer. The peaks are volcanic, the remains of a huge cone that blew out long ago, and they are sacred to many Native nations, including the Hopi and Navajo.
Read the complete Flagstaff write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Flagstaff comes up about 95 km into the recorded legs. Next is Seligman.
3. Seligman
Seligman is the town that saved Route 66. When the interstate bypassed it in 1978, the traffic that had kept the town alive simply disappeared, and the businesses along the main street faced ruin. A local barber, Angel Delgadillo, and his brother Juan began a campaign to preserve the old road, and in 1987 the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona was founded here, launching a revival that spread along the whole route. The town is now full of neon, vintage cars and roadside kitsch, and the Delgadillo family's barbershop and the Snow Cap Drive-In, famous for its jokes and fake mustard bottles, are still going.
Read the complete Seligman write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 214 km.
Leg by leg
Winslow to Flagstaff
Winslow → Flagstaff is 95 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Flagstaff to Seligman
Flagstaff → Seligman is 119 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
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