Winslow Vacation and Trip Information

Winslow is a city in Arizona named after General Edward F. Winslow, the president of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad in the late 1800s. Winslow suffered a decline in tourism when Route 66, a historic long stretch of road that ran directly through the city, was officially removed from the United States Highway System in 1985. Winslow has since grown in popularity with its music-inspired attractions including Standin’ on the Corner Park, which is dedicated to the Eagles hit, “Take it Easy.” The park which opened in 1999 includes a mural by John Pugh and a life-size statue of a man holding a guitar.

A major stop for passengers traveling from Chicago to Los Angeles in the 1900s was La Posada Hotel, considered by many as the “last great railroad hotel.” Designed by Fred Harvey and Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, the hotel first opened in 1930 and was made famous by the Harvey Girls—women who were hired as waitresses for the local hostels. Although La Posada Hotel was closed between 1957 and 1997, today it continues to attract tourists from all across the globe to Winslow’s Old Trails Museum and the nearby Little Painted Desert.

Located between the Little Painted Desert and the Mogollon Rim is the Meteor Crater, the famous spot of a meteorite impact crater. The crater was originally referred to as Barringer Crater—named after Daniel Barringer who was the first to believe that the site was the result of a meteorite hitting the ground.