Tucumcari, NM

Tucumcari Mountain Located just east of town and easily seen from the Mother Road Tucumcari Mountain welcomes you to this cool town and it's active Route 66 community ... read more

Old Whiting Bros Sign Route 66 at Quay Rd This old Whiting Bros sign wss located on the east end of Tucumcari on Route 66 just west of the Super 8 Motel ... read more

Blaze-InSaddle RV Park 2500 E. Route 66 This RV Park sits on the east side of town so it's easy to find when entering Tucumcari from the east on Route 66 ... read more

Polly Gas Station 1823 E. Route 66 This former Texaco station has been painted to look like a Polly Gas Station. It is now being used by Mechanics Unlimited ... read more

Old School Garage 1819 East Route 66 at Hawthorne Junior Garza's Old School Garage was restored in 2011. It is one of ten stations painted by ... read more

Tucumcari Inn 1700 E Route 66 The mid-century Aruba Motel was masquerading as the Tucumcari Inn in 2012. As the Aruba it featured the t ... read more

Route 66 Motel 1620 E Route 66 The former Royal Palacio Motel is designed in the International style with floor to ceiling windows ... read more

Kiva / Historic Route 66 RV Park 1416 E Route 66 The former Mesa Court became the Kiva RV Park operated as the Rocking Horse Tourist Camp from 1948-1956. ... read more

Cactus Courts RV Park 1316 E. Route 66 This grand old auto court faded into history in 2021, another reason to cruise the Mother Road a see the landmarks while you ,,, read more

Palomino Motel 1215 E. Route 66 The Palomino Motel was opened in 1953. It's one of several vintage motels in Tucumcari ... read more

Del's Restaurant 1202 E. Route 66 Del's Restaurant has been serving diners in Tucumcari since 1956 ... read more

Trade Station Gift Shop 1201 E. Route 66 The Trade Station was restored as a vintage Texaco Station as part of the "Paint the Town" project ... read more

Apache Motel (closed) 1106 E. Route 66 The old Apache Motel opened in 1964 and is located between the Kix on 66 and Dels restaurants ... read more

Kix on 66 Restaurant 1102 E. Route 66 This former Denny's restaurant is only open for breakfast and lunch ... read more

Roadrunner Lodge 1023 E Route 66 The Roadrunner Lodge is a combination of the 1960s Leatherwood Manor and the 1940s La Plaza Court ... read more

Circle "S" Ranch Court / Relax Inn 1010 E Route 66 The Circle "S" Ranch Court that opened in the earliy 1950s became the Circle "S" Motel and later the Relax Inn (now closed) ... read more

Golden Dragon Restaurant 1006 E. Route 66 The Golden Dragon Restaurant opened in 1966. in what had previously been Hall's Restaurant. ... read more

Teepee Curios 924 E. Route 66 Tepee Curios occupies a 1944 Gulf gas station.. It's one of the last of the curio shops from the heyday of the ... read more

1940s Rainbows End Court (Closed) 901 E. Route 66 The old Rainbow's End Court that opened in in the late 1940s became the Town House Motel, but has seen much better days ... read more

Blue Swallow Motel 815 E. Route 66 The Blue Swallow Court & Cafe opened in 1941. The cafe is gone but the motel is still welcoming guests ... read more

Safari Motel 722 E. Route 66 The Safari Motel was built in 1959 and opened in 1960 as a Best Western Crown Motel. ... read more

La Nora Courts 40x? E Route 66 You have to look fast to spot this little old (former) auto court across the street from the Americana ... read more

Boulevard Cleaners Sign 405 E Route 66 Blvd. LOOK UP! The sign on the roof of the Boulevard Cleaners is just too cool! This 20 foot tall neon sign features "The Wash Lady" ... read more

Americana Motel 406 E Route 66 This motel opened as the State Motor Lodge in 1935 and became the Desert Air Motel, then a Whiting Brothers Motel ... read more

Former Sahara Sands Motel 315 east 66 The former Sahara Sands Motel was built in 1959 with 32 units and a restaurant ... read more

La Cita Mexican Restaurant 812 S. First St. Just around the corner from Route 66 on S. 1st street with a cool sombrero-shaped entrance south of Route 66 in 1961 ... read more

Side Trip: From Route 66 (or La Cita) take 1st Street north 2 blocks and turn east on Laughlin Ave for one block to the Mesalands Dinosaur Museum at the corner of Laughlin and Adams.

Tucumcari Historical Museum 416 S. Adams St. This museum has everything from antique farm wagons and buggies to a 1926 fire engine and a caboose to a jet ... read more

1926 Railroad Depot Railroad Ave and N 2nd St. The 1926 Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Depot is the only Spanish Architectual Style station in New Mexico. ... read more

Back on 66: From the depot take 2nd street back to the Mother Road.

Faux Whiting Brothers Gas Station 384 W Route 66 Another station painted as part of the "Paint the Town" Project. A friendly attendant is painted on the door of the building at ... read more

Pow Wow Inn 801 W. Route 66 Lin's Motor Court grew into the Congress Inn and eventually the 92-unit Pow Wow Inn, Restaurant and ... read more

Budget Inn 824 W. Route 66 Marvin & Alice Whittington opened the Golden W Motel in 1953and sold it a few years later. It eventually becoming the ... read more

Ranch House Cafe 1009 W. Route 66 This long closed Mexican Restaurant was still still sporting a cool sign in 2012 ... read more

Buckaroo Motel 1315 W. Route 66 The Buckaroo Motel was built on the west side of Tucumcari in the late 1950s but this cool sign came later ... read more

RT 66 Monument 1500 W Route 66 This sculpture stands in front of the Tucumcari Civic Center on the west end of town ... read more

Coronado Court 1900 W. Route 66 The 1930 Coronado Court on the west end of Tucumcari was signed as the Tucumcari Trading Post when we went by in ... read more

1926 - 1970s Alignment West W. Tucumcari Blvd This dead-end section starts just east of I-40, exit 329. Turn west onto W. Tucumcari Blvd ... read more

Stay tuned, there's more to come!