ON THE ROAD ARIZONA
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Exploring the lost highways​

a deeper drive into old arizona
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Searching back roads for windshield gems

I've been fascinated with the 48th state since I rolled across Hoover Dam in my VW bus in 1973. Since then I set out to see every town and stretch of open road and explore all the state's canyons, mountains and desert highways.

I watched the Mother Road fade as the rush of an interstate swept across Arizona. And I witnessed Route 66's recovery two decades later as travelers returned to see what's left of the glory days of "motoring west" and the ghosts of the old highway.  

I've rolled up a half-million miles in 47 years criss-crossing the state as a journalist. Weekend road trips and hiking treks took me into many canyons and alpine meadows. But there is much more to see. And I still haven't been to Giselea.

In the past decade, I've been out there on a deeper drive into old Arizona to get a better feel for its character and characters.

Take a look. Take a virtual trip. I hope you'll be inspired to explore more the state after navigating On the Road Arizona.

Incidentally, the name of this blog was inspired by Jack Kerouac with his rambling 1957 novel "On the Road." And it's a new twist of "On the Arizona Road," the late broadcaster Bill Leverton's longtime features for KOOL-TV and KTSP-TV that were in turn inspired by Charles Kuralt of CBS News. 
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Best Arizona Travel Blog

The New Times Best of Phoenix edition named 
On the Road Arizona the Best Arizona Travel Blog  in 2016.
http://bit.ly/2w4AZec
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Taggers had a pool party at the Two Guns KOA campground ruins.

Contact info:
Peter Corbett
Scottsdale, Arizona
​azroadie66@gmail.com

Twitter: @petercorbett1 or @onroadaz
​Instagram: azpetercorbett
Facebook: On the Road Arizona Page with additional blog posts.

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Marshall Trimble:
A go-to site for
Arizona road trips


Peter Corbett’s enthralling On the Road Arizona is the go-to site for anyone making a road trip around the Grand Canyon State, or for that matter, anyone interested in knowing more about it. There’s something here for everyone, including interesting stories, history, characters and colorfully picturesque photographs.

His Best of Arizona includes a calendar of best events, best scenic places, historic lodges and even the best saloons. There’s an encyclopedia of towns, highways and Arizona’s spectacular national parks.






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As a guy who’s spent the entire 80 years of his life in Arizona, much of it writing, teaching, performing and storytelling, I am amazed at how Peter has compiled so much fascinating information into one site.

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Marshall Trimble
Arizona State Historian

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  • Home
    • About
    • Contact
  • Best of Arizona
    • Historic Maps
    • Best Arizona Events
    • Best Cycling Route
    • Best Scenic Drives
    • Best Saloons
    • Best Cactus League Ballparks
    • Best Vintage Neon
    • Best Bridges
    • Best Place Names
    • Best Historic Hotels
    • Best Road Songs
    • Best Historic Lodges
    • Arizona state symbols
    • Best Ways to Stay Safe
    • Best Metro Phoenix Resorts
  • Route 66
    • Ash Fork
    • Bellemont
    • Flagstaff Route 66
    • Hackberry
    • Holbrook Route 66
    • Joseph City
    • Kingman Route 66
    • Lupton
    • Oatman
    • Peach Springs
    • Seligman
    • Truxton
    • Twin Arrows
    • Two Guns
    • Williams
    • Winslow Route 66
  • Towns (A-F)
    • Ajo
    • Bisbee
    • Camp Verde
    • Cave Creek
    • Clarkdale
    • Clifton
    • Cottonwood
    • Douglas
    • Flagstaff
    • Florence
  • Towns (G-P)
    • Globe
    • Holbrook
    • Jerome
    • Kingman
    • Lake Havasu City
    • Mesa
    • Miami
    • Page
    • Payson
    • Prescott
  • Towns Q-Z
    • Salome
    • Scottsdale
    • Sedona
    • Superior
    • Tombstone
    • Tucson
    • Wickenburg
    • Willcox
    • Winslow
    • Yuma
  • Natl Parks
    • Canyon de Chelly
    • Chiricahua NM
    • Grand Canyon North Rim
    • Grand Canyon South Rim
    • Granite Mtn. Hotshots Memorial
    • Hubbell Trading Post
    • Jerome State Historic Park
    • Montezuma Castle NM
    • Navajo National Monument
    • Organ Pipe National Monument
    • Petrified Forest NP
    • Saguaro NP
    • San Xavier del Bac Mission
    • Sunset Crater Volcano NM
    • Superstitions
    • Tumacacori NHP
    • Tuzigoot NM
    • Walnut Canyon NM
    • Wupatki NM