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Elephants Tooth

Nature & parks
In Oatman, Arizona
0.6 mi from Route 66

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Elephants Tooth is a rock pillar in Mohave County, AZ, near Oatman, with its top at 3,666 feet above sea level. It rises beside the eastern edge of the old mining town, so drivers coming in on Route 66 from the Black Mountains pass close by. It is a scenery stop rather than a site with facilities, enjoyed from the roadside as part of an Oatman visit.

What is Elephants Tooth?

This is a natural rock pillar, a single tall formation that stands out against the hills around Oatman. There is no building or visitor facility here.

Visiting Elephants Tooth: tips

Take a photo from a safe pullout and move on into town. The Oatman Drug Company Building is about 0.6 mile away and the Durlin Hotel about 0.7 mile. The nearest restroom is about 0.6 mile away.

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Oatman Drug Company Building, Arizona

Oatman Drug Company Building

Oatman, Arizona · 0.1 mi from Route 66

A 1915 false-front building from Oatman's mining boom, one of the few that survived the town's 1921 fire.

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0.6 mi from Elephants Tooth

Durlin Hotel in Oatman, AZ

Durlin Hotel

Oatman, Arizona · 0.1 mi from Route 66

A 1924 adobe hotel from Oatman's gold era, the county's only two-story adobe building.

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0.7 mi from Elephants Tooth

Oatman, Arizona

Oatman

Oatman, Arizona · on Route 66

A former gold camp in the Black Mountains that Route 66 still runs straight through.

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0.7 mi from Elephants Tooth

Sitgreaves Pass in Oatman, AZ

Sitgreaves Pass

Oatman, Arizona · on Route 66

The steep, twisting Black Mountains summit on Route 66 between Kingman and Oatman.

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1.6 mi from Elephants Tooth

Cool Springs Station in Golden Valley, AZ

Cool Springs Station

Golden Valley, Arizona · on Route 66

A 1920s stone gas station on the Oatman mountain road, blown up for a movie and rebuilt from old photos.

Retro roadsidePhoto credit

3.5 mi from Elephants Tooth

Boundary Cone near Oatman, AZ

Boundary Cone

Oatman, Arizona · 0.4 mi from Route 66

A distinctive peak in the Black Mountain foothills, easy to spot on the road near Oatman.

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3.8 mi from Elephants Tooth

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