Santa Claus is an uninhabited desert town in
Mohave County,
Arizona,
United States. Originating in 1937,
Santa Claus lies approximately 14 miles northwest of
Kingman, Arizona, along
U.S. Route 93 between
mile markers 57 and 58,
immediately north of Hermit Drive and just south of both
Grasshopper Junction, Arizona, and the Junk Art of Chloride,
a group of metal statues in
Chloride, Arizona, that include a
flamingo made out of a motorcycle gas tank.
Characterized in 1988 as "a little roadside place on the west shoulder of U.S. Route 93,"
Santa Claus receives traffic from motorists driving between
Phoenix, Arizona, and
Las Vegas, Nevada, or
Hoover Dam.