Plan a road trip on Historic Route 66 in Arizona with this guide to the top towns, museums, and attractions along the way, plus a travel map.

From Route 66, head to Grand Canyon Caverns and the Grand Canyon Skywalk, two tourist draws on the Arizona stretch of Historic Mother Road.

Stand on a corner in Winslow, marvel at the Meteor Crater, and see cliff dwellings at Walnut Canyon on this stretch of Route 66 in Arizona.

Not exactly consistent with its neon-lit Route 66 reputation, since the 1950s Flagstaff has been a pioneer in combating light pollution. To help preserve the dark sky at night, here at the observatory and also at the surrounding natural sights, Flagstaff is an official International Dark Sky Community.

Apart from the Route 66 connections, Williams’s pride and joy is the vintage Grand Canyon Railway (800/843-8724, round-trip $67 and up), which whistles and steams its way north to the canyon every morning, taking roughly two hours each way. Call for current schedules and fares, or stop by the historic depot, a former Harvey House hotel ...

In Kingman, explore a hulking old power plant that’s been inventively reused as a Route 66 museum and dozens of 100-year-old railroad era storefronts.

Red-rock mesas, trading-post tackiness, and some unforgettable places to rest your head lie on this stretch of Route 66 in Arizona.

South of Route 66 and I-40 from Ash Fork, or west from Sedona, Hwy-89A makes a wonderfully scenic loop, winding past 7,815-ft (2,382-m) Mingus Mountain into photogenic Jerome (pop. 457; elev. 5,066 ft/1,544 m), the liveliest and most interesting “ghost town” in Arizona. Set on steep streets that switchback up the mountainside, Jerome is an ...

Between Cool Springs and Oatman, old Route 66 twists and turns past recently reactivated gold mine workings while climbing up and over the angular Black Mountains. Steep switchbacks and 15-mph (24 km/h) hairpin turns carry the old road on a breathtaking more than 2,100-ft (640-m) change in elevation over a short 8 mi (12.8 km) of blacktop.

The spirit of old Route 66 lives on in Seligman's old sidewalk awnings, hitching rails, oddball emporium, and unique places to eat.