How do you visit Blue Whale?

Free (small donation); seasonal hours. The photo to get is the whale’s grin over the pond.

What is near Blue Whale?

Catoosa, Tulsa nearby, Route 66, Will Rogers country.

Roadside Americana · Oklahoma

Blue Whale of Catoosa

Q: What is Blue Whale?

The grinning 80-ft whale of Route 66. An 80-foot smiling concrete whale on a spring-fed pond, built by Hugh Davis as a 1970s anniversary gift and now the single most beloved photo stop on Route 66 in Oklahoma. You can still climb through it.

The grinning 80-ft whale of Route 66

TypeGiant Roadside Colossus

StateOklahoma

WhenLate spring–fall

How to visitFree (small donation); seasonal hours

An 80-foot smiling concrete whale on a spring-fed pond, built by Hugh Davis as a 1970s anniversary gift and now the single most beloved photo stop on Route 66 in Oklahoma. You can still climb through it.

The photo

The whale’s grin over the pond.

Pair it with

Catoosa
Tulsa nearby
Route 66
Will Rogers country

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