Route 66 100 Mile Yard Sale 2026: The Central Missouri Mother Road Route Guide

The Route 66 100 Mile Yard Sale follows the old Mother Road across the Missouri Ozarks. For about 100 miles, front-yard sales, church-lot setups, and roadside tables line historic Route 66 and its frontage stretches from Devils Elbow in Pulaski County, west through Waynesville and Lebanon, out to the edge of Webster County near Strafford. The 2026 edition runs Friday, July 31 and Saturday, August 1 — the last full Friday and Saturday of July, the way it has since it started in 2018.

This is a corridor event, not a single-town sale. Each community along the route sets up its own sales on the old alignment, so there is no one seller registry to check the night before. That is exactly why the plan matters: you are working towns strung along one historic highway across three counties — Pulaski, Laclede, and Webster — and knowing which stretches draw the densest setups is the difference between a full trunk and a long drive through the Ozarks.

The corridor, east to west

Route 66 runs across the Ozark plateau here, dropping through river-cut valleys and climbing back onto the ridges between them. The 100 Mile Yard Sale breaks naturally into an eastern end anchored by Waynesville and St. Robert, a middle around Lebanon, and a western end near Marshfield before the road runs down toward Strafford.

• Devils Elbow & St. Robert (east end) — where the corridor starts, on one of the most scenic surviving stretches of old Route 66, wrapped around a bend of the Big Piney River. St. Robert and neighboring Waynesville anchor the eastern base; the Waynesville-St. Robert Chamber helps host the event, so setups here tend to be organized and early.
• Waynesville (the eastern hub) — the Pulaski County seat and the densest early stretch of the route. It is the practical base for the weekend: enough sellers to fill a morning, and close to the interstate so you can restock and reset before pushing west.
• Buckhorn, Laquey & Hazelgreen — the rural stretch between the Pulaski and Laclede clusters. Fewer, more spread-out setups — household cleanouts and farm-shed inventory — but a good place to catch the underpriced pieces other shoppers skip on their way between the bigger towns.
• Lebanon (the middle hub) — the Laclede County seat and the largest town on the route, roughly the corridor's midpoint. Sellers gather thick here, and it is the natural place to break the two-day plan and reset for the western half.
• Phillipsburg, Conway & Niangua — the smaller Laclede and Webster County towns strung along the road west of Lebanon, filling in the corridor as it climbs toward Marshfield.
• Marshfield & Strafford (west end) — Marshfield, the Webster County seat, is the third dense cluster and the corridor's western anchor, with Strafford just beyond it toward Springfield. A real town to finish on, with the rural Webster County addresses filling in around it.

The named clusters east to west — the points shoppers use to break the route into sections — run Waynesville → Lebanon → Marshfield, all on or beside historic Route 66. Those are the natural places to split a two-day plan.

Two-day strategy — the call you make before Friday

A hundred miles of old highway across two days is enough time to work the corridor carefully, but only if you decide your rhythm before you leave home. Lebanon at the midpoint is your hinge. Two ways to run it:

• East end first, then run west. Start in Waynesville and St. Robert Friday morning, give the eastern cluster real time, and work west through Lebanon by the afternoon. Take Marshfield and the western towns Saturday. This front-loads the organized, chamber-hosted eastern end and paces you steadily down the Mother Road.
• Base in Lebanon and radiate. Park in Lebanon both nights and run the eastern end one day, the western end the other, returning to the same room each evening. The cleanest logistics on a route this long — you never repack, and you are never far from the middle.

Whichever you pick, decide before you go. The shoppers who try to improvise a hundred-mile corridor spend the weekend on Route 66 instead of in anyone's yard.

Where the density is

Because each town runs its own sales, the corridor never feels uniformly packed. Three towns draw the thickest setups year to year, and they are worth building the plan around.

Waynesville & St. Robert — the eastern hub

The Pulaski County towns at the east end are the organized, walkable start of the route and the smartest place to base. With the Waynesville-St. Robert Chamber helping host, setups here tend to open early and cluster close together. If you are coming in from the interstate, this is where you get out of the car first — work it hard before you push west.

Lebanon — the midpoint

The largest town on the route and roughly its center, Lebanon draws sellers thick and makes the natural hinge for a two-day plan. Base here and you can reach either end of the corridor without a long backtrack, and you are never more than a short drive from a fresh cluster.

Marshfield — the western anchor

Up on the Webster County end, Marshfield is the third reliable cluster and the corridor's western terminus before the road runs down toward Strafford and Springfield. Time your second-day morning around it, then let the rural Webster County addresses fill in the drive back.

When to start and what to expect

Most sales open early and run into the afternoon, both days. With a Friday-and-Saturday window, Saturday is the biggest day — more sellers out, more traffic on Route 66 — while Friday is lighter and less picked-over. Serious shoppers treat Friday morning at the Waynesville cluster as the time to get ahead of the crowd.

Coming from the east on the interstate: enter at St. Robert and Waynesville and work west. Coming from Springfield: start at Strafford and Marshfield and work east toward Lebanon. Either way, anchor your night in Lebanon near the middle so you are never starting the day with an hour of highway before your first stop.

Cash is the standard. These are front-yard, church-lot, and small-town sales along a rural Ozarks highway — most sellers won't take a card. Hit an ATM in Waynesville, Lebanon, or Marshfield before you get out onto the smaller stretches, because the towns in between won't always have one.

What you'll find

The Route 66 corridor runs through deep Ozarks country — river-valley farm towns and ridge communities where families have lived along the Mother Road for generations, and the barns, sheds, and farmhouses are getting cleared out. That means uncurated, underpriced inventory, with a strong streak of roadside and Route 66 memorabilia and vintage advertising that fits the setting.

Vintage cast iron cookware is a standout. These Ozarks kitchens cooked on cast iron for generations, and the skillets and pots that turn up along the Mother Road are the real, used article — not the cleaned-up, marked-up pieces from a dealer's booth.

Vintage Pyrex shows up throughout, and it shows up flat-priced — corridor sellers tend not to chase the going rate, so a worthwhile set can go for household-goods money if you know your patterns before you grab. CorningWare in the Cornflower blue-flower pattern turns up the same way, all down the route.

Farmhouse furniture, tools, and Ozarks Americana round out the estate tables — old advertising, farm tools, and vintage hardware straight out of the outbuildings, the agricultural and household pieces that come with clearing land a family has worked for generations.

Pro tips

• Build your route the night before. There is no master seller list for a corridor event, so pull up the route, pick the towns you are committing to, and set your driving order before you leave. Waynesville, Lebanon, and Marshfield first.
• Base in Lebanon. It sits at the corridor's midpoint, so you can work either half of the route from one room without a long backtrack. The smartest logistics on a route this long.
• Bring cash, and plenty of it. Most front-yard and roadside sellers won't take a card. Stock up at an ATM in one of the bigger towns before you head out.
• Watch the three clusters. Waynesville and St. Robert at the east end, Lebanon in the middle, and Marshfield out west concentrate the most sellers — time your mornings around them.
• Download offline maps before you leave town. Cell coverage thins out on the rural Ozarks stretches of Route 66 between the towns.

FAQ

When is the Route 66 100 Mile Yard Sale 2026?

Friday, July 31 and Saturday, August 1, 2026. The event runs the last full Friday and Saturday of July each year, with most sales open from early morning into the afternoon both days.

Where does the Route 66 100 Mile Yard Sale take place?

Along historic Route 66 in central Missouri, from Devils Elbow in Pulaski County west through Waynesville and Lebanon toward Strafford on the edge of Webster County — about 100 miles across Pulaski, Laclede, and Webster counties. The live event map pins each corridor town plus the three dense clusters.

What towns are on the route?

East to west along historic Route 66: Devils Elbow, St. Robert, Waynesville, Buckhorn, Laquey, Hazelgreen, Lebanon, Phillipsburg, Conway, Niangua, Marshfield, and Strafford. The map pins the corridor towns, and clusters of sellers gather around Waynesville, Lebanon, and Marshfield.

How do I register a sale?

Registration is free and is handled through the event hosts, including the Waynesville-St. Robert Chamber of Commerce. The participating-stop list fills in through the summer, so check closer to the event for the latest locations, then plan around the three clusters and drive the corridor day-of.

When does next year's event happen?

The Route 66 100 Mile Yard Sale runs every year on the last full Friday and Saturday of July. The 2027 dates will be confirmed by the organizers in early 2027; we'll update this page when they post.

More highway yard sales to plan

If you build a weekend around the Mother Road, these corridor events are worth a look too:

• 127 Yard Sale — 690 miles from Michigan to Alabama, August 6-9.
• Kan-Okla 100 Mile Highway Sale — 100 miles across the Kansas-Oklahoma line, September 10-12.
• Highway 54 100 Mile Yard Sale — 100 miles of US-54 yard sales.

We'll see you on the Mother Road.