Where, starting in Florida, would be the best place to pick up Route 66? My friend and are thinking we might be able to use this as our main route out west, diverting of course, to other states and points of interest on the way. Can you tell I have no idea what I'm talking about? If this makes sense, please help me if you will. I have no earthly idea WHERE this is, not to mention how conceivable it would be to get BACK to it after diverting to Yellowstone, Grand Tetons and so on and so forth.Also, if I were to rely upon one or two road books for routes and POI's would you count more on your GPS or an Atlas? )I thank you a plenty now.Newbienac (Beth)

Newbienac wrote:Where, starting in Florida, would be the best place to pick up Route 66? My friend and are thinking we might be able to use this as our main route out west, diverting of course, to other states and points of interest on the way. Can you tell I have no idea what I'm talking about? If this makes sense, please help me if you will. I have no earthly idea WHERE this is, not to mention how conceivable it would be to get BACK to it after diverting to Yellowstone, Grand Tetons and so on and so forth.Also, if I were to rely upon one or two road books for routes and POI's would you count more on your GPS or an Atlas? )I thank you a plenty now.Newbienac (Beth)This is on my bucket list and I've been reseaching this drive the last few years. The old Route 66 ran from Chicago to LA, so based upon where you're located I'd pick it up in Chicago take it west then go north up to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons.

Goto to GOOGLE SEARCH and get the whole story of Route 66. It runs from Chicago to Los Angeles and generally follows I40.About the only places left that are still labeled as Route 66 is in AZ and CA...I have my picture of me standing next to a real Route 66 road sign around here somewhere... Everyone should have one haha... Roy Ken

Route 66 started in Chicago and ended up at the Santa Monica Pier.Il, Mo, Ok, Tx, NM, Az and Ca.Coming from Fl, you'd probably pick it up in Tx. I'd use a map rather than a GPS.

Buy some of the Route 66 books that are available online. They describe where, when and how to get to the best areas.You can still follow some of the old highway in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona & California. A very scenic route is from Kingman Arizona west through the mountains down to the Colorado River. Good Rt 66 books will give locations of long gone sites as well as some still in business. Lots of good recommendations for places to eat also.Hope some of this helps. Being Florida puts you no where near the highway though.

Get a book (or two) on Route 66, read up on it, and decide just how much and what parts of it you want to try to see. As noted much of it no longer exist. And what does exist for the most part exist in short stretches scattered across the states noted above.But Yellowstone and Tetons are a LONG way from 66. You would probably do best by getting one out of the way first and then finish up with the other rather than trying to detour off 66 and then try to return to it.You could drift north and pick up 66 in Missouri, follow it westward as far as you want, then start a return trip to the north to get Yellowstone, Tetons, and other destinations in that part of the US as you made your way back home. Hopefully you are planning on an extended length trip to see all that.

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brahlf
Explorer
Jan 30, 2014
Buy some of the Route 66 books that are available online. They describe where, when and how to get to the best areas.

You can still follow some of the old highway in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona & California. A very scenic route is from Kingman Arizona west through the mountains down to the Colorado River.

Good Rt 66 books will give locations of long gone sites as well as some still in business. Lots of good recommendations for places to eat also.

Hope some of this helps. Being Florida puts you no where near the highway though.
raymondmom
Explorer
Jan 30, 2014
Route 66 started in Chicago and ended up at the Santa Monica Pier.
Il, Mo, Ok, Tx, NM, Az and Ca.

Coming from Fl, you'd probably pick it up in Tx.
I'd use a map rather than a GPS.
RoyB
Explorer II
Jan 30, 2014
Goto to GOOGLE SEARCH and get the whole story of Route 66. It runs from Chicago to Los Angeles and generally follows I40.

About the only places left that are still labeled as Route 66 is in AZ and CA...

I have my picture of me standing next to a real Route 66 road sign around here somewhere... Everyone should have one haha...

Roy Ken
Mello_Mike
Explorer
Jan 30, 2014
Newbienac wrote:
Where, starting in Florida, would be the best place to pick up Route 66? My friend and are thinking we might be able to use this as our main route out west, diverting of course, to other states and points of interest on the way. Can you tell I have no idea what I'm talking about? If this makes sense, please help me if you will. I have no earthly idea WHERE this is, not to mention how conceivable it would be to get BACK to it after diverting to Yellowstone, Grand Tetons and so on and so forth.

Also, if I were to rely upon one or two road books for routes and POI's would you count more on your GPS or an Atlas? )I thank you a plenty now.
Newbienac (Beth)
This is on my bucket list and I've been reseaching this drive the last few years. The old Route 66 ran from Chicago to LA, so based upon where you're located I'd pick it up in Chicago take it west then go north up to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons.

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