Rest area overnight stops.
Is it allowed to spend the night at a rest area? Hope this isn't a dumb question to ask.
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Rodallg wrote:
Is it allowed to spend the night at a rest area? Hope this isn't a dumb question to ask.
Not dumb at all!
Here on the West Coast, my observation has been that overnighting is permitted in nearly all rest areas on Federal Interstates. (And I've slept in most of those from the Canadian border to Los Angeles!)I do recall one exception on northbound I-5 near Seattle...
On other roads, it varies quite a bit. I've noticed that in Oregon, it depends on who has jurisdiction over the rest area...if it's their DOT, you're good, but if it's State Parks- fahgeddabouddit!
And when I traveled the length of 101 to Ukiah last year, I noticed that many rest areas on that road in California were prominently posted as "no overnight parking". I only recall one, in fact, that did allow such parking. It was north of Eureka somewhere.
