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Jack Rabbit Trading Post

Route 66 site
In Joseph City, Arizona
On Route 66

This souvenir shop sits on an old alignment of Route 66 near Joseph City, AZ, beside the Jackrabbit Road exit on Interstate 40. Jim Taylor opened the Jack Rabbit Trading Post in 1949 and pulled in drivers with a string of yellow jackrabbit signs. Its big HERE IT IS billboard later inspired a sign in Pixar's Cars, and a saddled fiberglass rabbit waits outside for photos.

What is Jack Rabbit Trading Post?

This is a classic roadside trading post: a souvenir shop set right beside the old highway. Two things make it famous. The first is the sign out front, a big yellow board with a black jackrabbit silhouette and the words HERE IT IS. The second is a large fiberglass jackrabbit with a saddle on its back, placed there for visitors' photos.

For years a trail of smaller yellow signs, each with the same black rabbit, counted down the distance to the store. The final one was the big sign at the door.

History of Jack Rabbit Trading Post

James "Jim" Taylor started the business in 1949. In 1961 Glenn and Hattie Belle Blansett took over day-to-day operation, and in 1967 they bought the business from Taylor. Since 1995 the owners have been the Blansetts' granddaughter Cindy Jaquez and Tony, her husband, so the post has stayed in one family for decades.

Pixar stopped by during research for its 2006 movie Cars. Its HERE IT IS sign showed up on screen in fictional Radiator Springs, where a Ford Model T takes the rabbit's place, and a copy was later put up at Cars Land at Disney California Adventure.

Visiting Jack Rabbit Trading Post: tips

Take Exit 269, Jackrabbit Road, from Interstate 40; the store is only about 0.3 miles off. It is listed as wheelchair accessible. Plan 15 to 30 minutes for photos with the rabbit and the sign and a look around the shop.

The Chevelon Creek Bridge is about 6 miles away, the ghost town site of Obed about 7 miles, and Homolovi State Park about 12 miles, toward Winslow.

Practical info

Address: 3386 Historic U.S. 66, 86032
Phone: +1 928-288-3230
Website: jackrabbittradingpost.com
Hours: Mon–Sat 10–4 · Sun 12–4
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Chevelon Creek Bridge

Winslow, Arizona · 3.5 mi from Route 66

A rare steel pony truss bridge from Arizona's first years of statehood, on the old Holbrook–Winslow road.

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6.4 mi from Jack Rabbit Trading Post

Obed

Obed, Arizona · 2.5 mi from Route 66

A walled 1876 Mormon settlement on the Little Colorado River that was abandoned in less than a year.

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7.0 mi from Jack Rabbit Trading Post

Homolovi State Park

Winslow, Arizona · 1.2 mi from Route 66

Over 300 ancestral Hopi village sites just north of Winslow, with trails, exhibits and a campground.

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11.9 mi from Jack Rabbit Trading Post

Sunset

Sunset, Arizona · 2.4 mi from Route 66

An 1876 Mormon colony near Winslow washed away by the river; only a small hilltop cemetery remains.

Ghost town

13.6 mi from Jack Rabbit Trading Post

Brigham City

Brigham City, Arizona · 1.4 mi from Route 66

The walled remains of an 1876 Mormon farming colony on the Little Colorado River, just north of Winslow.

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15.2 mi from Jack Rabbit Trading Post

La Posada Historic District

Winslow, Arizona · on Route 66

A Spanish Colonial Revival landmark district on Winslow's stretch of Route 66, with a hotel and restaurant.

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15.4 mi from Jack Rabbit Trading Post

Questions about Jack Rabbit Trading Post

Is the Jack Rabbit Trading Post on Route 66?

Yes. It stands on a former alignment of Route 66 near Joseph City in Arizona, next to Exit 269 on Interstate 40.

Is the Jack Rabbit Trading Post the sign from Cars?

Its HERE IT IS sign inspired one in the film's town of Radiator Springs, where a Ford Model T replaced the jackrabbit. Pixar visited while doing research for the 2006 movie.

How old is the Jack Rabbit Trading Post?

Jim Taylor opened it in 1949, and the same family has run it since the early 1960s.

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