Meteor City, Arizona: Meteor City Dino Drive-Thru
A Route 66 trading post claimed to have a Route 66 map longer than any other. The trading post closed in 2012 and the map fell into ruin. In 2025 the trading post reopened - with dinosaurs.
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Meteor City Trading Post is completely defunct now. Not even the map is standing. We cruised by on a Monday morning and were disappointed to see the map in complete disrepair.
[April N, 09/29/2013]
Meteor City Trading Post has closed. The World's Longest Map of Route 66 is falling apart. Stopped by last week; you can still drive up to it.
[David Kamada, 04/02/2013]The Trading Post opened in 1938 and was put up for sale in September 2012. The map was painted by a hotel chain in 2002 as a publicity stunt; the big Save-a-Landmark branding was never intended to be ironic.
The dome has been repainted and no longer says "Meteor City" on the side.
[Dominique, 06/12/2012]An ominous trend -- faux-Native American souvenir shops obliterating their space age flourishes. But happy to see they left the petrified logs painted on the dome...
Not a bad pit stop, although prices are high. Didn't see a mural, but there is a nice RV park now. There is also a place to get fast-food -- Mexican. This is nice since there is pretty much nothing once you leave Flagstaff.
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Meteor City Dino Drive-Thru
Meteor City Trading Post
- Address:
- I-40, Meteor City, AZ
- Directions:
- Meteor City Trading Post. I-40 exit 239, southwest corner.
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The "Save a Landmark" logo painted by Hampton Hotels (from back in the day when they were sponsoring Rt. 66 landmark makeovers) is still awkwardly visible....