Meandering wild burros, a wild-west shootout, and a dusty village on a desolate stretch of America’s favorite highway. Welcome to Oatman, a fun and quirky stop along Route 66 in northwestern Arizona.
Oatman is often described as a ghost town, but that isn’t quite accurate. The current human population of Oatman, Arizona is 128. The burro population is close to 2,000.