Let the heartbeat of the Mother Road bring you to Tulsa!

Tulsa and Route 66 are deeply connected. Joined at the hip; or rather, the hubcap, you might say.

The Father of Route 66, Cyrus Avery, was a Tulsan, and was instrumental in making sure the new cross-country highway ran through his hometown. As such, Tulsa is the Capital of Route 66®, and the Mother Road is central to the city’s DNA.

Tulsa boasts 28 miles of the Route inside the city limits and is home to the unique, the intriguing, the unexpected, the quirky. From the growing “Land of the Giants” in Tulsa’s Meadow Gold District, to Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza and the unmissable “East Meets West” statue, to the new-and-growing TulsaRama on the east side, Route 66 is home to something for travelers of all ages, interests and persuasions.

Much like Tulsa itself.

If Route 66 is the “hook,” the whole city is the payoff, from the burgeoning food scene that boasts 2025 James Beard Award winner Cat Cox and Country Bird Bakery, to the extensive archives of two American musical giants at the Woody Guthrie Center and Bob Dylan Center, to the stunning and unmatched “park for all” Gathering Place, Tulsa is warm, welcoming and the perfect place to travel, taste and tour.

Take in some of the most breathtaking art in the world at Philbrook Museum of Art, the one-time home of a early 20th-century oil magnate. Greenwood Rising Black Wall St. History Center offers an unflinching look at Tulsa’s history and the rebuilding still going on today. Have lunch at the top food hall in the country, and the first nonprofit food hall in Oklahoma, Mother Road Market.

There is no better time to visit than the Centennial of Route 66. Let the heartbeat of the Mother Road bring you to Tulsa.