I-40 Through New Mexico and Arizona - Things To See

Gallup NM is an old tourist stop on 66, lots of indian crafts.
Just into AZ is the Petrified National Forest park which you can loop down through and circle back to Holbrook AZ. Further west is Homolove State Park, fairly new, good ancient indian ruins.
Further west, past Meteor Crater, just before you get to Flagstaff, is Walnut Canyon park with a nice walking tour of cave dwellings.
After Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon, is Seligman, AZ where you can get off the interstate and take old 66 as far as Kingman AZ. The last "town" on that route is Hackberry. Be sure you stop awhile there. It's only a store, but it's full of old 66 memorabilia.

On a trip in September 2012, we enjoyed the drive through the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. In New Mexico, a special treat was a stop at the KOA in Tucumcari: pleasant scenery and a homecooked dinner at a reasonable price, delivered to our RV.

When are you planning on traveling? Albuquerque has some interesting places to visit. What are your interests? The Old Town area is quaint, the Sandia Peak Tram, National Hispanic Cultural Center, The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Petroglyph National Park all within 5 Miles of I-40, Santa Fe is about 60 miles north. Several nice RV Parks west of town off I-40, 5 Casinos in the Albuquerque area, a couple just west of Albuquerque one, Sky City even has an RV Park.

Stand on a corner in Winslow, Arizona!

Petrified Forest, exit 311 in AZ is well worth the trip.

Meteor Crater at exit 233. Don't miss it. And they have a nice little basic RV campground right there, too.

Albuquerque edit: And if you have any interest in things military you should check out this Nuclear Museum at the south end of town. It's really a fascinating place to wander through, and outside they have lots of military aircraft and other equipment from those years long ago.

If you have enough time and want to venture off highway 40 you may want to consider Monument Valley & the Grand Canyon. Both are spectacular.

I remember passing something about petrified forests and meteor crater but had no time to stop. Would love to see it next time I pass by on I-40. Not sure of exact location but they were in the area.

If you want to do a little side trip when in Flagstaff area. Take a drive through Oak Creek Canyon down to Sedona. Very scenic drive. You may want to leave your trailer in a campground when you do this.