Bedrock City

Valle, Arizona

Bedrock City is a 1972-vintage tourist attraction, an amusement park based on the popular Flintstones cartoon. The "stone" buildings are painted in bright, garish colors. Smiling fiberglass statues of Fred Flintstone and the other characters stand among the buildings. Obviously a lot of effort went into making this a fun place, but it is now run down, largely deserted, and eerily silent. When we were there, only three or four other people were exploring the grounds; none were children. Indeed, the only sound throughout the whole town was the vintage Flintstones cartoon endlessly running in the theater (the recorded voice of the Fred statue no longer works; Barney is gone altogether, reportedly being repaired after being vandalized). I found the experience to be sad and somewhat creepy; Bedrock City is long overdue for the wrecking ball.

Barren land surrounding Bedrock City adds to the feeling of desolation.
Fred Flintstone greets visitors in front of the service station.
Prehistoric vehicle and schoolhouse.
Train ride through volcano.
Giant Dinosaur Slide.
"Feed Rocky the Snake" -- by crawling through.
Pterosaur hatching from egg.
Pterosaur-on-a-spit.
School is in session.
Bone fashions in the beauty shop.
Prisoner in the jail (note Hulk hands).

Directions: 30 miles north of Williams, at the intersection of Highways 64 and 180. An admission fee is charged ($5 per person as of this writing).

Last visited: July 2008. Permanently closed in January 2019.

Standard disclaimer: Sites are described for entertainment purposes only, as they were at the time of my last visit. I can not vouch for the current condition of the site or its accessibility.