"Rte 66", any parks along the route?

Lately I have been learning the history of the famous "Mother Road" connecting Chicago to Los Angeles. So far nothing has come up about any type of park along the 2100 mile stretch.

My question is are there any parks along this road? Or have there ever been any parks that have since been torn down or possibly SBNO?

Whoever is not familiar with this legendary road should do a search on it. It is actually very fascinating.

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Ever heard of Six Flags St. Louis. It's right on the mother road in Eureka, MO. Also a while back I came accross a postcard online of a defunct park on US-66 known as Chain of Rocks Amusement Park was home to a John Miller woodie. The link is http://members.aol.com/coasting2/chainofrocks.html.

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Funny you mention it but there is a park that ties together Route 66. Over 3 million visitors annually come from all over the world to enjoy the ocean breezes, spectacular coastline views, attractions, restaurants, rides, games and shops at Santa Monica Pier. This 50+ year old National Historical Landmark marks the end of famed Route 66 and is a favorite location of the entertainment industry, whose crews can often be seen filming here. For family fun visit Pacific Park, a new amusement park located entirely on the Pier.

Quassy and Bell's Amusement Park are operating parks along the way as well to my knowledge.

I remember the infamous Asbury Park which was a indoor amusement park off of Route 66 in New Jersey.

You'll find the remains of Remains of the Blue Whale Amusement Park in Oklahoma off of Route 66.

Don't quote me on this last one, but isn't Knobel's Grove somewhere near Route 66.

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*** This post was edited by Vertigo on 6/19/2002. ***

Vertigo said:

I remember the infamous Asbury Park which was a indoor amusement park off of Route 66 in New Jersey.
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Rte 66 never ran through New Jersey. Its starts in Chicago and runs west to Los Angeles.

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Chitown said:

Vertigo said:

I remember the infamous Asbury Park which was a indoor amusement park off of Route 66 in New Jersey.
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Rte 66 never ran through New Jersey. Its starts in Chicago and runs west to Los Angeles.
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""To be the man, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!, You got to beat the man""!!!

Whatever, there is a 66 going through New Jersey, maybe I'm thinking interstate and local routes because I just found out that Quassy was one a inner route 66.

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I thought it went from DC to LA?

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PkI FaNaTiC said:
I thought it went from DC to LA?
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Same with me, I thought it went further north or was exspanded because I can read plenty about route 66 up north unless there is a whole nother one with historic background. Asbury Park was noted for being next to the Historic Route 66, now whatother historic route 66 is there?

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Lake Compounce-So Fresh and So Clean Clean

Well the "MOTHER ROAD" runs from Chicago to LA. There very may be another 66 in the east, but the first road to go from the Midwest to the West coast was Rte 66 (Chi-town to LA)

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Any other "66" road that may exist had no ties to the historical "Mother road" that was continuously paved from Illinois to California.

Sorry for the confusion. I should have assumed that other roads with the numbers "66" might exist. Here is a link that will connect you to some pretty good websites about this historic and famous stretch of road.

http://www.pitzer.edu/Route_66/links.html

As SawBlade5 pointed out , Six Flags St. Louis would be considered along Rte 66(or the former if it was removed in that area).

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*** This post was edited by Chitown on 6/19/2002. ***

The Knoebels 66 is not the same. I myself am trying to get time off to drive the famous road. I have some books that are totally fascinating. What a trip it would be. It is living Americana.