City: Services: partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service. Local government website: www. Average household size: This city: 2.
Percentage of family households: This city: Percentage of households with unmarried partners: This city: Education Gini index Inequality in education Here: Number of grocery stores : 13 McKinley County : 1.
New Mexico : 1. Number of supercenters and club stores : 1 Here : 0. State : 0. Number of convenience stores no gas : 2 This county : 0. New Mexico : 0. Number of convenience stores with gas : 48 This county : 6. New Mexico : 4. Number of full-service restaurants : 43 This county : 6. State : 7. Adult diabetes rate : McKinley County : Adult obesity rate : McKinley County : Low-income preschool obesity rate : Here : Healthy diet rate : Gallup: Average overall health of teeth and gums : Gallup: Average BMI : Gallup: People feeling badly about themselves : Gallup: People not drinking alcohol at all : Gallup: Average hours sleeping at night : Gallup: 6.
Overweight people : Gallup: General health condition : This city: Average condition of hearing : Gallup: Here: 6. Here: 8. To the west is Manuelito 18 mi , and the Arizona state line 24 mi. On the main alignment further east, beyond Albuquerque are the towns of Santa Rosa and Tucumcari miles. Gallup where Indians meet Route Take a day tour and visit Zuni Pueblo. Zuni, Navajo, Hopi and other tribes are located close by and one out of three residents have Native American ancestry.
At Gallup you start to get a feeling of the "Old West" along Route Start your tour through Gallup on the Eastern side of the city at the Former Denny's. Next to it, also to your left is the Capitan Motel , followed just ahead, to your left by several classic Route 66 motels: Arrowhead Lodge , Blue Spruce and the Lariat.
The motel opened on July 4, with 35 rooms and a sign that displayed a cowboy with a lariat a lasso. An iconic Route 66 motel linked to the movie business, built on a grand scale in Griffith visited Gallup in the s, fell in love with it and in commissioned Joe Massaglia to build a hotel. The three-story building has an air of a Southern mansion and was built of brick, stone and wood. The fireplace, hunting trophies and Navajo rugs create a hunting lodge ambiance.
From the start it was linked to Hollywood crews and stars filming on location and remained so until the western movies waned in the late s.
Pictured below, it has a flat roof canopy and a very tall steel structure with its sign on it:. Head west along Route 66 and on your right you will see the Zia Motel followed by the Redwood Lodge and the El Coronado Motel , below we have pictured the neon signs of these last two motels as well as the Historic Route 66 sign that is located just across the road from the "El Rancho Hotel":.
Continue west to the downtown area, the Cultural Center will appear to your right. You can stop here to start your walking tour in the downtown area, there are some interesting sights within walking distance:. Highway 66 , Gallup NM. The museum is housed in a building which served as a brothel and a grocery.
It has collections and artifacts from Gallup's past. The U. The Navajo language was complex, unwritten and known only to the native speakers who were all American making it ideal for the purpose.
It was used by the U. Marines in the Pacific War Theater, against the Japanese. Visit the Chamber of Commerce thegallupchamber. Second St.
There are many murals in the downtown district, learn more about them: Murals. Enjoy and experience the traditional Indian dances and visit vendor stalls. A classic Route 66 theater which was built in in a Spanish Colonial style with Pueblo-Deco touches.
It seats vieweres and was restored in Ran by the City of Gallup, presenting films and live performances like the Land of Enchantment Opera , it takes you back in time to the heyday of Route Return to your car and head west again. At the far end of town block of W Route 66 is the Colonial Motel , and on the street behind it, W.
Coal Ave. It was written by Bobby Troup in and since then, it has been a hit evoked by all those who have driven or dream about driving along Route Gallup is the only town in New Mexico mentioned in the song, and it appears in the following stanza:. Highway bearing the number but on May 31, , the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials approved a new number for it: the route became U. Route 66 and U. It was an unsafe highway and things were made worse by those D.
But state officials thought that the cause was supernatural and voted to have the number changed for the following reasons:. WHEREAS, people living near the road already live under the cloud of opprobrium created by having a road that many believe is cursed running near their homes and through their homeland; and WHEREAS, the number "" carries the stigma of being the mark of the beast, the mark of the devil, which was described in the book of revelations in the Bible; and WHEREAS, there are people who refuse to travel the road, not because of the issue of safety, but because of the fear that the devil controls events along United States route ; and WHEREAS, the economy in the area is greatly depressed when compared with many parts of the United States, and the infamy brought by the inopportune naming of the road will only make development in the area more difficult Head west and visit Grants 62 mi.
To the west , very close to Gallup is Defiance only 9 miles away. Drive down the original Route 66 alignment and also visit the now vanished or waning villages that one time were coal mining boom-towns: Allison , Twin Buttes and Mentmore.
Pueblo people at Ohkay Owingeh. Carptrash 8. A acre park in an amazing setting, ideal for picnics, hiking and enjoying the outdoors.
Plus a Convention Center that is the venue of many classic Gallup events. It also has an RV campground and a museum. The Park is named after the red colored sandstone cliffs that surround it, formed million years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the earth, the image below shows the Pyramid Rock and Navajo Church. If you are looking for directions to Gallup, NM rather than an online map of all of the places that you are interested in visiting, you also have the option of finding and saving the directions for future use.
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In addition, Gallup boasts many architecturally elaborate libraries that not only hold copious amounts of books, but also act as great studying spaces. However, whenever you are in the mood for a more dynamic activity, there are a number of different parks, athletic fields, and golf courses that you can visit.
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Between Gallup and Chambers the route crosses the Navajo Nation and is subject to the rules and regulations of both the U.
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