Place to park for the night in Flagstaff or Winona AZ?

If u bypass Flagstaff without driving the Sunset craters & Ancient indian ruins Scenic drive u'r missing ALOT!

We've stayed overnight a couple times at the Cracker Barrel in Flagstaff, with permission, of course. No problems.

Thanks for the ideas. I don't want to get too far from Flag. as the temps rise as you drop down into the desert. I mostly just don't want to deal with finding and checking in somewhere as it will be late. Just want to pull over and go back and crash. I found a Conoco station with a lot of space around it and spaces for trucks just north of Flag. so I think I'll give that a try. There is another station in Winona that has a large parking lot next to it.

There's also Bonito campground just off Hwy 89 outside the entrance to Sunset Crater NM....if you don't make it east of Flagstaff. Nice forest service campground, though not free.

Do not know how far you want to go past Flagstaff but Dancing Eagle Casino RV park in NM is about 270 miles and $10.00 full hookups.

We like Crater Lake RV park. Just a short distance past Flagstaff and still high enough that it was cool in the evening. Great hosts and large pull thru spots.

Twin Arrow Casino is good. We've stayed there. There's also a nice, free campground near Winslow if you go just a little farther - https://freecampsites.net/#!2800&query=sitedetails

Keep in mind that there's a city ordinance against overnighting in Flagstaff itself.

There's a rest area on I-40 east of Flagstaff at Meteor Crater, Exit 230..don't know if you can overnight there.

The Twin Arrows area (east of Winona) looks promising on a google map sat view look. Looks like some kind of pull off area south of the freeway. The Arrow sports bar is huge with a parking lot to match.