There are several projects in Northern Arizona that might impact your travel to and from Sherwood Forest this summer.
I-40 reconstruction. Currently traffic on I-40 is narrowed down to one lane in each direction from slightly west of Sherwood Forest Road to slightly west of Garland Prairie Road. All traffic has been moved to the southern (formerly eastbound) lanes. Two exits are closed. You cannot exit onto Pittman Valley (Exit #171) nor Garland Prairie (Exit #167) when traveling westbound. So if you are coming to Sherwood from Phoenix be sure to exit at Parks (Exit #178) and take Old Route 66 (north of I-40) to Sherwood Forest Road. If you don’t exit at Parks, you will have to drive to the first Williams exit (#165) at State Route 64 to turn around and return to Sherwood. Traveling eastbound on I-40 from Williams, all exits are currently open, as of May 17th, 2018.
To get to Williams from Sherwood you can use the back roads. Take the Deer Farm Road past the Deer Farm and Davenport Lake. Once you get to the Garland Prairie overpass cross over I-40 and take the first right. This road will bring you into Williams near Bearizona.
I-17 to west I-40 transition. Currently, the cloverleaf exit from I-17 north to I-40 west is closed. The posted detour takes you east on I-40 to Butler to turn around and head west. Savvy travelers know that there are several more efficient ways to do this turn around. Try heading into Flagstaff and flipping a U-turn at the first light or try taking the McConnell exit towards NAU and left turn at the bottom of the ramp and then left turn again to join the ramp for I-40 westbound.
We hope that even though travel to Sherwood is challenging, you will join us for the semi-annual pancake breakfast on Saturday, May 26 from 8am-10am to help support our firefighters.
Due to the extreme fire danger this year, the Poker in the Pines Fun Run has been cancelled.