Kingman, AZ Road Trips

Kingman is the midpoint of the longest remaining stretch of the legendary Route 66, which reaches east of Seligman and goes west to the Colorado River at Topock/Golden Shores. It also boasts no less than forty buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Before automobiles became the primary mode of transportation, Kingman was a major railroad hub for the AT&SF railroad. These factors combine to make Kingman a city rich with history. 1 Kingman Visitor Center (Historic Kingman Powerhouse), 120 W Andy Devine Ave, ☏ +1 928-753-6106, fax: +1 928-753-6156, [email protected]. Daily 8AM-5PM. Has information on Route 66 as well as most of Arizona. The Arizona Route 66 Museum is also located here, as are a number of exhibits and a gift shop.

1 Bonelli House, 430 E Spring St, ☏ +1 928-753-3195. M-F 11AM-3PM and by appt. A historic house listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 2 Mohave Museum of History & Arts, 400 W Beale St, ☏ +1 928-753-3195, [email protected]. M-F 9AM-5PM, Sa 1-5PM. 3 Route 66 Museum, 120 W Andy Devine Ave (Powerhouse Visitor Center), ☏ +1 928-753-9889, [email protected]. Daily 9AM-5PM. Has displays depicting the historical evolution of Route 66, with murals, photos and life-size dioramas. A special exhibit is devoted to historic electric vehicles, including about 16 vehicles dating from the late 1800s to the present; specimens include Willie Nelson's golf card and the Ohio University Buckey Bullet, which set the land speed record for an electric vehicle in 2016. $4 (adults), $3 (seniors), free (under 12). (updated May 2016) 4 Kingman Railroad Museum, 402 E Andy Devine Ave, ☏ +1 928-753-7995, [email protected]. W-Su 10AM-4PM. Housed in a restored depot built in 1907, this small museum displays artifacts from the Santa Fe Railroad and 3 different model railroad layouts $2 (adults), free (children under 5). (updated May 2016) 5 Locomotive Park, 315 W Beale St, ☏ +1 928-757-7919. Home to famed steam engine #3759. Free.

1 Cerbat Cliffs Golf Course, 1001 Gates Ave, ☏ +1 928-753-6593. Daily 6:30AM-6PM. An 18-hole course. 2 Hualapai Mountain Park, 6250 Hualapai Mountain Rd, ☏ +1 928-681-5700, [email protected]. This park features hiking on ten miles of trails, picnicing, and camping. Cabins are available for rent (see listing below). The park also has three group activity areas for reunions, company events, weddings, etc. The largest site can accommodate 500 people. (updated May 2016) 3 Monolith Garden Trail. Open to hikers, mountain bikers, and equestrians, this 7-mile trail meanders through interesting volcanic formations. There is little shade and no drinking water; watch out for rattlesnakes. Free. 4 White Cliffs Wagon Trail Park, White Cliffs Rd. Dawn to dusk. This is part of an old wagon route used by miners in the late 1800s; the tracks were cut into the bedrock and depression alongside were used for posts and stubs to help pull the wagons. The trail is now popular with hikers and mountain bikers. A good trail description can be found here. Free. Route 66 Fun Run, ☏ +1 928-753-5001, fax: +1 928-753-5852, [email protected]. Held annually at the beginning of May. 5 Mother Road Harley-Davidson, 2501 Beverly Ave (Mother Road Harley Davidson), ☏ +1 928-757-1166. A three-day event in late April celebrating Harley Davidson. 6 Hualapai Mountain Park Craft Fair & Swap Meet, Rec Area #1 (Hualapai Mountain County Park), ☏ +1 928-681-5700. 9AM-3PM. Held the first Sunday of July and August. Free.

1 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, 3520 Stockton Hill Rd, ☏ +1 928-757-9000. Su-Th 6AM-10PM, F Sa 6AM-11PM. Part of a nation-wide chain, with an onsite gift shop. $10 dinner. (updated May 2016) 2 Dambar & Steakhouse, 1960 E Andy Devine Ave, ☏ +1 928-753-3523, [email protected]. 11AM-10PM, daily. Kingman's landmark steakhouse. (updated Jan 2021) 3 El Palacio Casa Serrano Restaurant & Cantina, 401 E Andy Devine Ave, ☏ +1 928-718-0018. 4 Mattina's Ristorante Italiano, 318 Oak St, ☏ +1 928-753-7504, fax: +1 928-753-2927, [email protected]. Take out available. 5 Mr D'z Route 66 Diner, 105 E Andy Devine Ave, ☏ +1 928-718-0066, [email protected]. Daily 7AM-9PM. (updated May 2021) 6 Bashas', 3360 Andy Devine Dr, ☏ +1 928-757-7162. M-Sa 6AM-10PM, Su 6AM-9PM. Has a deli for self-catering. 7 Safeway, 3125 N Stockton Hill Rd, ☏ +1 928-753-2943. Daily 5AM-midnight. Has a hot and cold deli, and onsite pharmacy. 8 Smith's Food and Drug, 3490 Stockton Hill Rd, ☏ +1 928-757-2544. Daily 24 hr. Has a full-service deli for self catering options, as well as an onsite pharmacy. (updated May 2016)

1 Cellar Door, 414 E Beale St, ☏ +1 928-753-3885, [email protected]. W-Th 4-10PM, F Sa 4PM-midnight. Wine bar in historic downtown Kingman. Wine, beer, cheese plate & other light appetizers. Live music Saturday nights. 2 Black Bridge Brewery, 421 E Beale St, ☏ +1 928 377-3618, [email protected]. Tu W 11AM-9PM, Th-Sa 11AM-11PM, Su 10AM-4PM. Brewmaster Tim Schritter has created an atmosphere that blends his love of welding, art, music and of course, beer. With year-round beers like Evil Red, Wicked Poison and Locomotive Stout, Tim has already changed the taste for beer in the Kingman area. (updated May 2016) 3 Desert Diamond Distillery, 4875 Olympic Way (Kingman Airport Industrial Park), ☏ +1 928-757-7611. M-Th 10AM-5PM, F Sa 10AM-6PM, Su by appt. Arizona's oldest craft distillery offers Internationally awarded rums (white, dark, barrel aged and agave) as well as sugarcane based vodka. They offer tastings and tours during regular business hours. (updated May 2016) 4 Cella Winery, 6927 E Brooks Blvd (15 miles NE of Kingman), ☏ +1 928-377-2489, [email protected]. F Sa 11AM-5PM, Su noon-6PM. Founded in 2006 by Carlos Cella, the winery began producing wines in 2010 and was opened to the public in 2014. Three of its wines won awards at the 2015 Kingman Wine Festival, including a moscato, a cabernet sauvignon, and a syrah. (updated Nov 2015)

1 Days Inn Kingman West, 3023 E Andy Devine Ave, ☏ +1 928-263-2510, [email protected]. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. Free breakfast and wi-fi, pet-friendly. $78+/night. 2 Motel 6 Kingman East, 3351 E Andy Devine Ave, ☏ +1 928-757-7151, fax: +1 928-757-2438. Check-in: 3PM. $37-42/night. 3 Motel 6 Kingman West, 424 W Beale St, ☏ +1 928-864-5705, fax: +1 928-753-4791. Check-in: 3PM. $42-47/night. 4 Rodeway Inn Kingman Route 66, 1400 E Andy Devine Ave, ☏ +1 928-753-4747, fax: +1 928-753-5175. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. Free breakfast and wi-fi, laundry facilities, pet-friendly. $58-90/night. 5 Ramblin Rose Motel, 1001 E Andy Devine Ave, ☏ +1 928-753-5541. $35-65/night. 6 Super 8 Kingman, 3401 E Andy Devine Ave, ☏ +1 928-757-4808. Check-in: 1PM, check-out: 11AM. Free breakfast and wi-fi, accepts pets. $40-90/night. 7 Best Western Plus A Wayfarer's Inn & Suites, 2815 E Andy Devine Ave, ☏ +1 928-753-6271, toll-free: +1 800-780-7234. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: noon. Free breakfast and wi-fi, pet-friendly. $80-$106/night. 8 Best Western Plus Kings Inn & Suites, 2930 E Andy Devine Ave, ☏ +1 928-753-6101, toll-free: +1 800-568-8520, fax: +1 928-753-6192. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: noon. Free breakfast and wi-fi, laundry facilities and gym. $78-106/night. 9 Clarion Inn Kingman I-40 Route 66, 3129 E Andy Devine Ave, ☏ +1 928-718-1717, fax: +1 928-718-5668. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. Free breakfast and wi-fi, pet-friendly. $80+/night. 10 Hampton Inn & Suites Kingman, 1791 Sycamore Ave, ☏ +1 928-692-0200.

Interstate 40 bisects Kingman, connecting to Barstow and eventually the Southern California metroplex to the west. From the east, Flagstaff connects to Kingman via I-40. Kingman can also be reached via Historic Route 66 from the East at the Crookton Rd. exit #139 just past Ash Fork, or at Seligman. From the west at the Topock junction off of I-40, just past the AZ/CA state line. Kingman can be reached from Las Vegas via US 93. This trip has the added bonus of crossing the bridge above the Hoover Dam. You can't see the dam while driving across the bridge, but there's a parking area on the Nevada side so you can walk across for views of the dam and river. 1 McCarran International Airport (LAS IATA), 5757 Wayne Newton Blvd, ☏ +1 707-261-5211, fax: +1 707-597-9553. LAS in Las Vegas is the nearest major airport, about 100 miles (160 km), a 2-hour drive, northwest of Kingman is served by many domestic and international air carriers. Discount air carriers serving LAS include Southwest Airlines. 2 Kingman Airport (IGM IATA), 7000 Flightline Dr, ☏ +1 928-757-2134, fax: +1 928-757-9871, [email protected]. This airport does not have scheduled commercial service. IGM is a general aviation airport with fuel, tiedown parking, and major airframe and powerplant support services available. 3 Amtrak's Southwest Chief, 106 4th St. Daily: 11:46AM for westbound trains and 1:33AM for eastbound trains AZ MST. Hours are subject to daylight savings time.

Old Route 66 is called Andy Devine Avenue in Kingman. Kingman Area Regional Transport (KART), ☏ +1 928-681-RIDE (7433), [email protected]. Green/yellow lines M-F 6AM-8PM, Sa 9AM-4PM; blue/red lines M-F 6AM-6PM, Sa 9AM-4PM. Kingman's public bus system has four lines, operating six days a week. A brochure and route map is available online. $1.50 (single ride), $5 (day pass), $65 (monthly pass). (updated May 2016)