Orange County to Grand Canyon

[Durai]

Hi,
Driving from Orange County to Grand Canyon, like to know is there any places on the way to stopover or tourist spot?

Thanks
Durai

[Midwest Michael]

Welcome to the RTA Forum!

There are a few options, depending upon what route you are planning to take. If you take the standard I-15 to I-40 route, there are several classic Route 66 towns along the way, like the classic old west town of Oatman, AZ. I suggest you take a look here for a field report from the area.

You could also take I-10 out to Joshua Tree National Park... continue onto the Arizona border, and then head north through Lake Havasu City and check out the London Bridge before continuing north to I-40.

Hopefully you'll find those suggestions helpful as you get out on the road!

[W. Larrison]

Hi,
Driving from Orange County to Grand Canyon, like to know is there any places on the way to stopover or tourist spot?

We actually did this trip a couple of years ago

Places we stopped at (or considered)
-- Mojave National preserve, including Kelso, Kelso Dunes, Hole-in-the-Wall, and Mitchell Caverns.
-- Obsidian collecting near Ludlow, Amboy crater, old R-66, Trilobyte and marble collecting nead Cadez
-- Lake Havasu, including the wildlife areas along the Colorado
-- Laughlin
(Depending on your time and route, there are a number of interesting places on the I-10 southerly route, including geodes at Wiley well and the intaligos along the Colorado River -- but on a speed trip these are out of the way)
-- Grand Canyon caverns (in Arizona)
-- Williams Arizona, where you turn north to Grand Canyon.

If you have an extra day or so, we did a 2 night trip to GC from SoCal and return.
-- Day one to Williams, with lunch at Michell Caverns (tours were already booked :( )
-- Day two up through Grand Canyon, along the south rim, and then south through Wikpaki Ruins and the Sunset Crater National Monument, to Flagstaff and then east to Holbrook.
-- Day three, Painted Desert and Petrified Forest National Park, and return. (We did a long day's drive home -- through Flagstaff, Sedona/ Red Rock Canyon, Montezuma's Castle (indian cave dwelling), Wickenburg, Quartzsite, Palm Springs, and back)