Oklahoma city to Flagstaff

[doxsin]

Leaving okc in about 3 days, looking for best route and places to stay, along the way..in no hurry, driving 28ft class c, with tow...once in flagstaff want to head down to Sedona and catch the Verde canyon railroad...any and all suggestions will be appreciated.

[Desertboy]

Hank85713 wrote:
MY MISTAKE I WAS THINKING OF WILLIAMS

Speaking of Williams, that's a good place to visit as well. You can ride the train to GC, and have easy access to Sedona. If I ever move it will be to Williams Arizona. Love that town.

[TyroneandGladys]

doxsin wrote:
Thank you all for your input. .we made it to palo duro canyon and loved it, went to santa rosa state park and enjoyed it also, watch out for the rattle snakes..we are now at Trinidad lake state park in Colorado, it's gorgeous. ..not sure where we are headed next...

If you are at Trinidad State Park you need to take at least a day trip up and around Highway 12 the highway of legends. Click or better yet camp either at Monument Lake or at Bear Lake

[NMDriver]

Thanks for coming back and giving an update.

[doxsin]

Thank you all for your input. .we made it to palo duro canyon and loved it, went to santa rosa state park and enjoyed it also, watch out for the rattle snakes..we are now at Trinidad lake state park in Colorado, it's gorgeous. ..not sure where we are headed next...

[jwmII]

tres vagabonds wrote:

Hank85713 wrote:
winslow is west of flag .

West of Flag??

It's FLAGSTAFF. And Winslow is EAST of Flagstaff along with Twin Arrows and Meteor Crater.

[Hank85713]

MY MISTAKE I WAS THINKING OF WILLIAMS

[IND_navyvet]

If you are interested in astronomy you might check out The Lowell Observatory.
Flagstaff
Lowell Observatory

[2gypsies1]

For Sedona we love staying in nearby Cottonwood at Dead Horse Ranch State Park.

The Verde Valley train is just around the corner. Don't forget to take a drive up to Jerome, too.

[JohnG3]

A word of warning, DO NOT take 89A from Flagstaff to Sedona. Most of the road is OK but there's a few miles that are steep and some turns you'd swear you can read the license plate on the toad. Stay on 17 to the 179 exit and go in from the south side. Also if using a GPS and staying in Sedona a GPS may send you over Schnebbly Hill Road from 17. That route is a 4x4 road.

[TyroneandGladys]

tres vagabonds wrote:

Hank85713 wrote:
winslow is west of flag .

West of Flag??

Must be a glitch on Windows 10

[trailertraveler]

There a lot to see along I-40. It follows the route of a lot of Historic Route 66. In Amarillo, there is Palo Duro Canyon State Park and the Big Texan on Old Route 66. In New Mexico, Tucumcari still has dinners along Historic Route 66 and numerous murals painted on buildings plus other attractions like the wind turbine training center and foundary at the college. Santa Rosa is another Route 66 town and has the The Blue Hole and Santa Rosa Lake State Park which has a nice campground. In Albuquerque, the Pueblo Cultural Center and Petroglyph National Monument are worth visiting in my opinion. In Grants, there is the Mining Museum. Just South of I-40 going West from Grants are El Malpais National Monument, El Moro National Monument and the Ice Cave and Bandera Volcano. Acoma Sky City is said to be the longest occuppied location in the U.S. They give tours of the pueblo and there is an RV park next to the casino.

On the way to Flagstaff along I-40 are Petrified Forest National Park, Meteor Crater and Homolovi Ruins State Park. You can stand on the corner in Winslow Arizona.

In the Flagstaff area are Sunset Crater National Monument, Wupatki National Monument, and Walnut Canyon National Monument. Sedona/Camp Verde/Cottonwood are about an hour South of Flagstaff with Montezuma Castle and Montezuma Well National Monuments, Tuzigoot National Monument, Palatki and Honaki Ruins, V-Bar-V Heritage Site, Fort Verde State Park, Cathedral Rock, Gold King Mine, Jerome State Historic Park in the area. Dead Horse Ranch State Park in Cottonwood has a nice campground.

[tres_vagabonds]

Hank85713 wrote:
winslow is west of flag .

West of Flag??

[Hank85713]

winslow is west of flag where they said they were going. Not much of a trip to see winslow. But since you mention there is a small USAF Museum just north on the way to the GC. Also in Flag there is a small army museum at Ft Tuthill/rodeo grounds in flag itself. Can get really carried away and tell him to go to 2 arrows, or meteor crater etc. All past flagstaff.

[eubank]

Ah, Winslow is also home to the old La Posada Hotel and the old railway station. The La Posada was designed by none other than Mary Jane Colter, who did a lot of work for the Harvey House folks and the Santa Fe Railroad. She also crafted many of the magnificent historic buildings on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Colter

Go enjoy it! The place had fallen into disrepair, but was then purchased and restored. (In case you're interested, the same folks have now purchased the old Harvey House railway hotel in Las Vegas, NM, which is also being restored to its former glory.)

🙂
Lynn

sonora wrote:

Hank85713 wrote:
Cant think of anything but I40 off hand. You can take the back roads if that is what you are looking for but even off 40 there are a lot of things to consider and look at. In amarillo there is the cadilac graveyard, the big texan steakhouse I think it is (eat large steak for free if still open), there is the large display just west of the crucifixion, in NM there are some state parks and tourist attractions some by Gallup, Ice Caves, Newspaper rock, the Lava Flows (El Morro), in az you will hit painted desert, Petrified forest.

We just travel and if we see something that appears to be unusual we will visit. Have found some good sites but that is just us.

You forgot Winslow Az. If you like the Eagles song. LOL

Well maybe not much to see, but worth saying I have been there.