Lebanon (Missouri)

Lebanon (pop 14500) was founded in 1849 and named after Lebanon (Tennessee), the home of many of its original settlers. I-44 bypassed Route 66 in this area in 1957.
During the heyday of the Mother Road, Lebanon had many independent motels and roadside businesses – some of which are now gone. The owners of a now-defunct Munger-Moss Sandwich Shop moved their business from Devil's Elbow to Lebanon at the end of World War II and added a motel in 1946 as their old location was to be completely bypassed by the new road. Oddly, their former location survived as the Elbow Inn (which is rebuilding after 2017 flooding) but the sandwich shop in Lebanon is now gone.

From I-44, exit on Millcreek Road to return to Route 66.

• Bennett Spring State Park

  phone: +1 417 532-4338
  address: 26250 Hwy 64A
  Dining lodge, campgrounds, cabins, hiking trails and a spring branch stocked daily with rainbow trout for fishing.

• Laclede County Museum

  phone: +1 417 588-2441
  address: 262 N Adams
  The Laclede County Historical Society operates the historic jail (built in 1876, with living quarters for the sheriff added in 1913) as a museum.

• Route 66 Museum

  address: 915 S. Jefferson

• Alpaca Ranch: Whirlwind Ranch

  address: 24649 Snowberry Dr.

• Bowl A Rena

  address: 620 W Commercial

• High Prairie Bird Hunts

  address: 15742 English Rd.
  In addition to trap, skeet and clays and bird hunting, there is also a catfish lake and archery ranges.

• Midway Speedway

  address: 22304 HWY B
  Races and a swap meet.

• Ritz 8 Theatre

  address: 925 S. Jefferson

• Starlite Lanes

  address: 1331 E Route 66

• Wrink's Market

  phone: +1 417 532-3201
  address: 135 Wrinkle Ave
  Small independent grocer who made sandwiches while you wait. Near the US66/Millcreek Road and I-44 crossroads. Established by Glen Wrinkle in 1950, it operated until his death (age 82) in 2005. His son re-opened it in 2007, but closed in 2009 during the Great Recession. For nostalgia's sake, his granddaughter re-opened it again in 2017 because some Route 66 traditions stubbornly refuse to die.

Independents

• Bennett Spring Inn

  address: 11525 Highway 64

• Brentwood Motel

  address: 1320 S Jefferson Ave

• Historic Route 66 Inn

  address: 1710 W Elm St

• Munger-Moss Motel

  phone: +1 417 532-3111
  address: 1336 East Route 66
  Vintage auto court with patio, outdoor pool, established 1946 in the heyday of US Route 66. Some individual rooms are decorated with photos on specific Route 66 themes; the huge illuminated sign was installed in the 1950s to compete with major chains then entering the market. Wi-fi, coffee. Office and Route 66 souvenir shop open 6:30AM-10PM.

• Sand Spring Resort

  address: 1996 State Highway 64

National chains

• Best Western Wyota Inn

  address: 1225 Millcreek Rd

• Days Inn

  address: 2071 W. Elm St

• Econo Lodge

  address: 2125 W. Elm St

• Super 8

  address: 1831 W. Elm St