I 10 REST AREAS IN TEXAS

Not a rest stop, but you might want to consider More InfoBalmorhea State Park. $14 per day for water and electric. Located right off I-10.

The New Mexico rest stops: we've never stayed overnight on them, but the one between Las Cruces and Deming is a nice one. We overnight at exit O going into TX..at the Flying J. But there is a TX welcome center about a mile further south...or a New Mexico welcome center about a half mile north of exit O.
In New Mexico, Lordsburg has a Flying J you can stay at.

..double post

THANKS--I was thinking of the ones near Sonora and Ft Stockton.
How about I 10 in New Mexico? Anyone with knowledge?

We live down in central TX so we use I 10 rest stops a lot, but personally, I like to stay away from the rests stops west of Van Horn to El Paso...nothing has happened to make me feel unsafe but I don't like the countryside at all.
My favorite stops are the ones about 8 miles west of Sonora and there is one on the east side of Junction. These are just pleasant...big and shady, etc.
There is also one about 40 miles east of Ft. Stockton, small but not too small..we have stayed there several times.

We have overnighted in many of the I-10 rest areas, even the welcome center in El Paso @ MM 0 and never had a problem. They are frequently monitored by the Texas DPS and this is a deterrent.

THANKS

Check Google maps for the one with a loop that farthest from the highway to minimize noise. Eastbound we use the one west of Sonora at MM 394, but going west we're usually somewhere in the Dakotas.

al

TOMMY47 wrote:
Are ALL the rest areas along Westbound I10 in Texas OK for overnighting?
Which are better/worse/safest?

You can spend the night in your RV in Texas. Of course you can't do things like pitch a tent or tap into the rest area's electrical supply. You must keep your rig in one parking space. So be careful if you think you need to put your slides out.

As for safety, I've never had a problem in a Texas rest area. They usually have cameras, frequent law enforcement patrols and good lighting.

You can overnight in all of them. I've never known any to be better or worse then the others.
Common sense is all you need. Stay inside. Keep the doors and windows locked. Don't open the door.