Destinations · Missouri
Joplin
MO · 37.0842, -94.5133
Historic Route 66 - MO, Kansas Historic Route 66 Byway and Frontier Military Historic Byway are signed byways within 30 miles of Joplin, Missouri.
Understand
Although commonly thought to be named for ragtime composer (and Sedalia resident) Scott Joplin, the city is actually named after the Joplin Creek Valley, which in turn is named after an early settler, Reverend Harris Joplin.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
3 scenic drives near Joplin
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Joplin. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
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- 02
Kansas Historic Route 66 Byway
State scenic byway · 6 mi out
- 03
Frontier Military Historic Byway
State scenic byway · 11 mi out
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Joplin are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Historic Route 66 - MO · 2 mi
- Kansas Historic Route 66 Byway · 6 mi
- Frontier Military Historic Byway · 11 mi
Named places
- Route 66 Mural Park · 0 mi
- Spiva Arts Park · 0 mi
- Schifferdecker home · 0 mi
- Landreth Park · 1 mi
- Belonging to All the Hands Who Build · 1 mi
- Landreth Park · 1 mi
- Landreth Park · 1 mi
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church Cross · 1 mi
A day out of Joplin, planned on real roads
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Take the scenic way to Joplin.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.