Catoosa Chamber of Commerce

The Catoosa Chamber of Commerce serves as a visitor information point alongside its broader business-development mission. Walk-in visitors can pick up printed Catoosa maps, Route 66 brochures, attraction flyers, restaurant guides, and seasonal event programs. The chamber stocks materials from the broader Oklahoma Tourism & Recreation Department as well, so visitors can pick up materials covering Tulsa, Claremore, and the wider northeast Oklahoma region.

Chamber staff and volunteers can answer questions about current attraction hours, suggest restaurants based on specific preferences (Mexican vs. steakhouse vs. casual American), recommend specific itineraries based on visitor time constraints (half-day, full-day, weekend), and provide directions to attractions that aren't easily findable via standard navigation apps. For visitors who arrive in Catoosa without a clear plan, the chamber's staff can quickly outline a satisfying itinerary based on the visitor's interests and time budget.

Special-event information is one of the chamber's most valuable visitor services. The Route 66 Flywheelers Show in October, holiday parades, community festivals, and the various Catoosa community events that don't get extensively promoted outside the local market are all known to chamber staff. Visitors who happen to be in Catoosa during one of these events benefit from chamber-staff recommendations about timing, parking, and what to expect.

Beyond direct visitor services, the Catoosa Chamber of Commerce does substantive tourism marketing work in coordination with broader Oklahoma tourism infrastructure. The chamber maintains the catoosachamber.org website with information on Catoosa attractions, restaurants, hotels, and community events. The chamber's directory of member businesses provides a searchable database of Catoosa businesses, useful for travelers who want comprehensive local information beyond the headline attractions.

The chamber also coordinates with Discover Rogers County (the county-level tourism organization), VisitTulsa (the Tulsa metropolitan tourism office), TravelOK (the state tourism office), and the various Route 66 tourism organizations that promote the broader Mother Road. This coordination produces consistent destination marketing across multiple channels and ensures that Catoosa is included in the various regional tourism campaigns and publications.

For the 2026 Route 66 Centennial, the chamber has been an active participant in centennial planning — coordinating with state tourism on signage upgrades, supporting Route 66 preservation projects like the Bird Creek Bridge truss relocations, and promoting Catoosa as a Centennial-year destination. The chamber's involvement helps ensure that Catoosa benefits from the increased Route 66 tourism expected during the Centennial year.

The chamber's offices are at 1801 North Highway 66 in Catoosa — on the historic Route 66 alignment, about halfway between the Blue Whale and the central Catoosa commercial district. The location is convenient for travelers passing through on Route 66 and is signed clearly from the highway. The chamber's mailing address (PO Box 297, Catoosa, OK 74015) is different from the physical office address and is used for member business correspondence.

Office hours are Monday through Friday from 9am to 4pm (hours can vary based on staffing; call ahead at 918-266-6042 to confirm before a visit, particularly around holidays). The chamber is closed weekends — a meaningful constraint for weekend Route 66 travelers who would benefit from visitor information access. Travelers arriving during weekends should rely on the catoosachamber.org website, the various online tourism resources, and direct contact with specific attractions (the Blue Whale gift shop, the various restaurants and hotels) for local information.

Free parking is available in the lot adjacent to the chamber offices. The building is wheelchair-accessible through the main entrance. The chamber does not offer restroom facilities for public use beyond chamber members and event attendees; visitors should plan facility stops at the attractions themselves or at the surrounding restaurants and gas stations.

The chamber's member directory is genuinely interesting as a window into Catoosa's economic and tourism profile. Member businesses span the full range of Catoosa's economy: hotels (Hampton Inn, Fairfield Inn, La Quinta, GLō Best Western, Holiday Inn Express, Hard Rock Tulsa), restaurants (Molly's Landing, Senor Pancho, Las Parrillas, and others), tourism attractions (the Blue Whale gift shop, the D.W. Correll Museum, Hard Rock Tulsa), Tulsa Port of Catoosa industrial businesses, professional services (banks, real estate, legal), retail, and various community organizations.

The directory is useful for visitors who want comprehensive Catoosa information beyond the headline attractions. Travelers researching a Catoosa trip can scan the directory to find businesses they might not encounter through standard tourism searches — specialty shops, professional services they might need during a visit, or small businesses that don't have substantial online presence.

For the Route 66 road-tripper specifically, the member directory provides confidence that the businesses listed are actively operating and engaged with the local community. Many small-town Route 66 businesses operate marginally and can close without warning; chamber membership generally indicates a business that is genuinely committed to operating in Catoosa long-term.

The most effective way to use the chamber as a Route 66 traveler: review the catoosachamber.org website before your trip for current attraction information and community event calendars, then stop at the chamber's physical office during your visit (during weekday hours) for printed maps, current recommendations, and any updates that the website doesn't reflect. The combination of pre-trip online research and in-person chamber consultation produces the most thorough Catoosa preparation.

For visitors who arrive in Catoosa without a clear plan, the chamber office is the best first stop on a weekday. Staff can outline a satisfying half-day or full-day itinerary based on the visitor's interests, time constraints, and party composition (solo, couple, family with kids). The staff's local knowledge produces recommendations that are typically better than what generic travel websites suggest.

For weekend visitors who can't access the chamber's physical office, the catoosachamber.org website and the various other Catoosa-area tourism resources (Discover Rogers County, VisitTulsa, the city of Catoosa's own website at cityofcatoosa.org) provide adequate planning information. The Blue Whale gift shop staff also serve as informal visitor information resources during the weekend hours when the chamber is closed.