To Do List

       To Do List for Williams, Arizona, a community with distinction! 

Williams is named after a real person, Mountain Man Old Bill Williams.  Williams is “The Gateway to the Grand Canyon”, it says so right across Grand Canyon Blvd. where you leave I-40 at Exit 163 and head toward the center of town.  Williams grew up around the railroad and the iron horses that ran the track.  Williams was a vital stopping point on US Highway Route 66, one of the original US Highways, “the Mother Road”.  Over the years the road also gained two more names:  "Will Rodger's Highway:, and "Main Street America".  So popular is US 66 that it has a very frequently heard song named for it. Then there was the TV show.  Williams was the last community to be by-passed on  the Interstate Highway 40 in October 1984. 

Williams actively works at keeping the significance of US Route 66 alive.  We try hard to help you “get your kicks on Route 66”.  Williams is a destination recreational center with many great opportunities to relax, learn new things , and have lots of fun.

You can make Williams your central hub, and take short day trips to many locations.  There are many restaurants so you can avoid cooking for the whole vacation, just leave the dishes to us.  There’s lots of hotels, motels, and RV parks where you can rest up between day trips.  Williams competes favorably to be your center of fun and wins hands down with romping good entertainment of an old time western flavor all its own.   Williams is a calmer place, without even a single tri-color stop light.  And this list of things to visit and do?                  

                                                                         Priceless!

The Grand Canyon National Park                                     Try a New Williams Restaurant tonight:

                                                                                           The Singing Pig - enjoy the burgers!                                                

Antelope Canyon                                                                                             Shop

Chocolate Falls                                                                                                Mountain Man Run

Oak Creek Canyon                                                                                           nap

                         Passing through Flagstaff?  Try Coco's Bakery Restaurant - love the pies!

Walnut Canyon National Monument                                                                ski

Wupatki National Monument                                                                           hunt

                                                                *Know your game call?>>>

Sunset Crater                                                                                                   fish

Meteor Crater                                                                                                   birding

                                                                 *Identify this bird song>>>

Montezuma’s Castle                                                                                         hiking

Air Museum                                                                                                       photography

Deer Farm                                                                                                         boating

Bearizona                                                                                                          Car Shows

Grand Canyon Railroad & Polar Express                                                          Rodeo

Sedona                                                                                                              Golf

Petrified Forest National Monument                               Try a New Williams Restaurant tonight

Jerome                                                                                                                                            Whiskey Row

Grand Canyon Caverns                                                                                                                 Elden Pueblo

Lowell Observatory                                                                                              Museum of Northern Arizona

*Wildlife sounds provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service