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Foyil Filling Station, Oklahoma

Retro roadside
In Foyil, Oklahoma
0.1 mi from Route 66
National Register of Historic Places

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Foyil's old filling station stands on the earliest path Route 66 took through Foyil, OK, before later realignments moved the highway. It joined the National Register in 2015. The station makes a quick, easy stop on the way to Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park, the folk-art park about 4 miles away, and it gives a sense of the road as the first Route 66 travelers knew it.

What is Foyil Filling Station?

This is a roadside filling station, the kind of small business that once served drivers on the two-lane highway through small Oklahoma towns. Its value lies in its location: it stands on the original route rather than on a later bypass, so it marks the road as early travelers knew it.

Visiting Foyil Filling Station: tips

Plan on a five- or ten-minute photo stop from the roadside. The site is listed as kid-friendly, and Annie's Diner is about 0.3 mile away if you want a meal in Foyil.

From here, Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park is about 4 miles away and well worth the short drive. Farther along, Claremore Mound is about 8.5 miles off and the J. M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum about 9.8 miles, so the station fits neatly into a day of stops between Foyil and Claremore.

Practical info

Address: 12243 Andy Payne Blvd, Claremore, OK 74017
Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foyil_Filling_Station
Hours: Open 24 h
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Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in Chelsea, OK

Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park

Chelsea, Oklahoma · 3.0 mi from Route 66

Ed Galloway's giant concrete totem pole and ten more sculptures, a few miles east of Foyil.

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4.0 mi from Foyil Filling Station

Claremore Mound in Sageeyah, OK

Claremore Mound

Sageeyah, Oklahoma · 4.6 mi from Route 66

A rocky hill by the Verdigris River, site of an 1817 battle and the source of Claremore's name.

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8.5 mi from Foyil Filling Station

Pryor Creek Bridge near Vinita, OK

Pryor Creek Bridge

Vinita, Oklahoma · 0.1 mi from Route 66

A 1926 road bridge in Rogers County, OK, built in the same year Route 66 was created.

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9.3 mi from Foyil Filling Station

J. M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum in Claremore, OK

J. M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum

Claremore, Oklahoma · on Route 66

More than 20,000 guns and related items, plus beer steins, music boxes and frontier oddities.

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9.8 mi from Foyil Filling Station

Claremore Auto Dealership, Oklahoma

Claremore Auto Dealership

Claremore, Oklahoma · 0.1 mi from Route 66

A 1930 Art Deco dealership in Claremore that made the National Register but appears to be gone.

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10.0 mi from Foyil Filling Station

Will Rogers Memorial Museum in Claremore, OK

Will Rogers Memorial Museum

Claremore, Oklahoma · 1.1 mi from Route 66

Claremore's museum and resting place for entertainer Will Rogers, with films, letters and his tomb.

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10.0 mi from Foyil Filling Station

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