Route 66 - Routing - Eastbound in 26 days
| Route Description: | Slow on Route 66 from west to east (with detours) |
| Flight to/from: | Los Angeles/ Chicago |
| Best Time to Travel: | year-round - best in early or late summer and fall |
| Time Need: | 26-30 days |
| Total Miles: | 2500 Miles / 4000km |
| Lodging: | Chain motels are everywhere, on the Route66 but you should sometimes stay in a historic hotel |
| Type of Journey: | Rental Car - Stay in Hotels/Motels |
| Tipps: | Stop only in the nicest towns |
| Highlights: | Santa Monica, Grand Canyon, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Chicago, Red Oak II |
1. Day – Los Angeles, CA – Arrival
(Santa Monica (Hotel on the beach)
(Santa Monica Pier)
2. Day – Santa Monica, CA
(Venice Beach, Hollywood)
3. Day – Santa Monica, CA – San Bernardino, CA – 120km / 75 Miles
(Stay in Wigwam Motel)
4. Day– San Bernadino, CA – Needles, CA – 359km / 223 Miles
(Victorville, Barstow, Amboy, Essex)
5. Day – Needles, CA – Williams, AZ – 291km / 118 Miles
(Oatman, Hackberry, Kingman, Seligman)
6. Day– Williams, AZ – Grand Canyon, AZ – 95km / 60 Miles
(Grand Canyon)
7. Day – Grand Caynon, AZ – Holbrook, AZ – 287km / 178 Miles
(Winslow, Flagstaff, Petrified Forest)
8. Day – Holbrook, AZ – Grants, NM – 253km / 157 Miles
(Gallup, Route 66)
9. Day – Grants, NM – Albuquerque, NM – 166km / 103 Miles
(El Malpias NM, Route 66)
10. Day – Albuquerque, NM – Santa Fe, NM – 100km / 62 Miles
(Detour Kasha Katuwe Tent Rocks)
11. Day – Santa Fe, NM
(Sightseeing)
12. Day – Santa Fe, NM – Tucumcari, NM – 268km / 166 Miles
(Route 66)
13. Day – Tucumcari, NM – Amarillo, TX – 185km / 115 Miles
(Adrian, Vega, Cadillac Ranch)
14. Day – Amarillo, TX
(Sightseeing, Detour Palo Duro Canyon)
15. Day – Amarillo, TX – Elk City, OK – 238km / 148 Miles
(Shamrock, Erick, Sayre)
16. Day – Elk City, OK – Oklahoma City, OK – 181km / 112 Miles
(Clinton, Weatherford, Oklahoma City Capitol)
17. Day – Oklahoma City, OK – Vinita, OK – 280km / 170 Miles
(Commerce, Tulsa)
18. Day – Vinita, OK – Lebaon, MO – 277km / 172 Miles
(overnight stay – Munger Moss Motel)
19. Day – Lebanon, MO – St. Louis, MO – 263km / 163 Miles
(Rolla, Cuba, Fanning, Villa Ridge)
20. Day – St. Louis, MO
(Sghtseeing)
21. Tag – St. Louis, MO – Bloomington, IL – 261km / 162 Miles
(Litchfield, Atlanta, Staunton)
22. Tag – Bloomington, IL – Joliet, IL – 155km / 96 Miles
(Wilmington, Braidwood)
23. Tag – Joliet, IL – Chicgao, IL – 73km / 51 Miles
(Cicero, Berwyn)
24. Tag – Chicago, IL
(Sightseeing)
25. Day – Chicago, IL
(Sightseeing)
26. Day – Chicago, IL
(Departure)