Twin Arrows, Arizona - Twin Arrows

I first visited the Twin Arrows Trading Post in the Summer of 1973 on the way to Florida with my parents and six of my brothers and sisters in our Ford wagon. My father snapped pics of my younger brother and I in front of the arrows. I returned in 2000 with my daughter and snapped pics in the spot. Recently, I learned of their rapid demise. They were always one of my fondest memories of the old Route 66. Therefore, I included them as an element in my new tattoo which features my `47 Plymouth, the Wigwam Motel, the Twin Arrows and a Route 66 sign. [David Maxwell, 10/13/2007]

The Jersey barriers are gone ... you can pull right up and look around now. [April 2007 - Tara Emory reports that the barriers are still there]. Sadly, it's still falling apart. What a perfect Route 66 restoration project for somebody. [Lisa Ganora, 03/07/2007]

[RA: We visited summer of 2006, and the trading post looked like it wouldn't be around much longer. Re: Restoration Projects -- Hampton Hotels is continuing their Save-a-Landmark campaign according to a press release released today. This year's focus is on "World's Largest," and you'd think the world's largest pair of arrows would be candidates. Guess they skipped it that year their focus was on Route 66! Try submitting at www.hamptonlandmarks.com -- but those arrows are going to need more than a day or two of painting and hedge trimming.]

We just did a Route 66 from Barstow to NM, and stopped by Twin Arrows. Sad to say you can't just pull off the road to see them. The road has concrete center dividers blocking the area off from any vehicle. We did park our car in a very unsafe area to explore. It's heart breaking to see the mess of the area. There are two poles, but one really dilapidated arrow remaining. Someone needs to save this town so it doesn't end up looking like Two Guns. We read in a paper in AZ that a land developer in Tucson bought the city , and plans to tear it down to build 600 houses. [Karin, 05/14/2006]

My wife and I just finished a tour of Route 66 between Albuquerque, NM and Oatman, AZ and are sorry to report that one of the two arrows at the Twin Arrows Trading Post is beginning to fall apart. There were boards from the point and tail lying around the ground so we collected all the pieces we could find and placed them at the point of the affected arrow (yes, we jumped the barriers). The road by the trading post dead ends in a loop so you can easily park and explore this great memory from the glory days of Rt. 66. When we visited in 2002, the arrows were in significantly better condition than they are now -- so visit soon! [Kevin Cumblidge, 05/14/2005]

We drove to the Twin Arrows trading post to find it boarded up and completely surrounded by huge Jersey barriers. The access road that ends just past the gas station is sparsly traveled so we had no problems stopping the car in the middle of the road to take pictures. We could easily have jumped the barriers to explore the site but we were looking for pictures, not trouble. The entire site looks like something out of a nuclear test area, with everything deserted and in an advanced state of disrepair. [chuck walden, 04/28/2004]