Two days on the old road, from Meramec Caverns to the Kansas edge, with stops that official pages describe.
Road times come from OpenStreetMap routing and include no live traffic, closures or ferry waits. Time on site, Essential or Optional and arrival times are our own planning estimates from a 9:00 a.m. start at the first stop of each day; each stop’s hours and prices are as printed on the page we link, read October 30, 2026, and may have changed.
| # | Stop | Arrive (estimate) | Time and role (estimate) | Road from previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meramec Caverns Open daily 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. per the operator. More | 9:00 a.m. | 1 h 30 min (Essential) | Start of day |
| 2 | Old Stagecoach Stop Museum April to October 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; free. More | 11:59 a.m. | 45 min (Optional) | 89 min, 75.9 mi |
| 3 | Route 66 Museum Mon-Thu 8 to 8, Fri 8 to 5, Sat 10 to 4, closed Sunday; free. More | 1:21 p.m. | 45 min (Essential) | 37 min, 30.2 mi |
| 4 | Hubble Space Telescope Replica On the west side of the Marshfield square; free. More | 2:42 p.m. | 20 min (Optional) | 36 min, 28.7 mi |
| 5 | Route 66 Car Museum Daily 9 to 5; adults $15, seniors and veterans $13, under 10 $5 as printed. More | 3:38 p.m. | 1 h 15 min (Essential) | 36 min, 27.7 mi |
| # | Stop | Arrive (estimate) | Time and role (estimate) | Road from previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Gary’s Gay Parita A recreation of a 1930 Sinclair station; hours not listed. More | 9:00 a.m. | 30 min (Optional) | Start of day |
| 7 | Boots Court VisitMO names it as the Carthage place to stay; its own page did not load, so view it from the road. More | 10:15 a.m. | 20 min (Optional) | 45 min, 35.9 mi |
| 8 | Route 66 Mural Park Three tile murals; free and wheelchair accessible; hours not printed. More | 11:00 a.m. | 30 min (Essential) | 25 min, 16.0 mi |
Map of This Trip
8 of 8 stops are pinned, numbered in plan order and coloured by day. Pins come from the park’s or operator’s page or an OpenStreetMap point; they are not verified entrances or parking areas.
If It Rains or a Stop Is Closed
The Meramec Caverns tour, the Route 66 Museum and the Car Museum are indoors. The stagecoach museum and Hubble replica are short stops.
The Lebanon museum is closed Sundays and the Stagecoach museum is open by appointment from November to March, so Day 1 works best Monday to Saturday from April to October.
What We Could Not Verify
- Time on site, Essential or Optional, and arrival times: these are our planning estimates, not figures from the operators.
- Opening hours against our arrival times: where a stop’s hours are not in our data we did not check the plan against them.
- Road times with traffic, construction or ferry waits: the routing has none.
- Exact entrances and parking: pins are approximate.
- Prices and hours that a page did not print are marked as not listed; call ahead.
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Questions People Ask
How long is the drive on this trip?
About 4 h 28 min of driving between stops across 2 days, by OpenStreetMap routing with no live traffic.
Can I do this trip with a dog?
Rules differ by stop: pets are not allowed in Onondaga Cave, and the National Park Service keeps dogs on a 6-foot leash on land at the Riverways. Check each stop’s page.
Sources
Checked October 30, 2026 by It’s Missouri. Cite this page: It’s Missouri (https://itsmissouri.com/visit/route-66-two-days/), checked October 30, 2026. Free to quote with a link.