1920s Route 66 Gas Station - Satellite Oddity - Golden Valley, Arizona, USA
N 35° 01.642 W 114° 18.530
11S E 745522 N 3879388
Cool Springs, Cabins, and Mobil Service Station, Featured on Virtual Globetrotter. Built in the mid-1920s an important stop for motorists traveling on Route 66. As they Ascend or Descend through Sitgreaves Pass in Arizona's Black Mountains.
Waymark Code: WMNCA4
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 02/12/2015
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As you drive West on Route 66 towards the approaches to the Ghost Town of Oatman from Kingman in the Arid Arizona Dessert, you climb to over 3,500 feet, through the Golden Valley and Black Mountains. As you ascend the narrow twisting road, the first sign of civilisation for miles is Cool Springs, a Roadside attraction, Former Mobile Gas Station, Gift Shop, Rest Rooms, and Museum. Location for the Film Universal Soldier.
From the Roadside America web site: (
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From The Cool Springs, Route 66 Web Site:
"The rebuilt Cool Springs station is now a gift shop offering Route 66 souvenirs and one of a kind Cool Springs memorabilia. You can also order items from the Cool Springs gift shop through this web site. Visit our online store for more information and to check out some of the Cool Springs items for sale. They’re cool!
Future plans for Cool Springs include rebuilding a replica of the famous café as a Route 66 Cool Springs Museum and Interpretation center." Text Source: (
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Address of Station:
8275 W. Oatman Rd. Golden Valley, Kingman, AZ 86413