Standin' on the Corner Park

One line of a song turned a railroad town into a pilgrimage. When the Eagles recorded 'Take It Easy' in 1972, the verse about standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, watching a girl in a flatbed Ford slow down, put the place on the map for good. Winslow leaned all the way in, dedicating this corner park in 1999 with a bronze figure, a painted mural, and the requisite flatbed Ford parked at the curb. It is unabashed, a little kitschy, and thoroughly beloved by the travelers who keep pulling over to pose.

What the plaque says

Route 66 Roadside Attraction. This area was dedicated on September 11, 1999 as a tribute to the memorable song of the 1970's that made Winslow, Arizona a town to sing about on famous Route 66.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Winslow — steps away
  The town an Eagles lyric made famous — and the home of La Posada, the last great railroad hotel and Mary Colter's finest work, at the southern doorway to Hopi and Navajo country.

More markers nearby

• A City in Motion: Modern Modes — steps away
• The First Peoples of the Southwestern Colorado Plateau — steps away
• Toth Whispering Giant — 0.2 mi
• La Posada Hotel — 0.2 mi