Overnight parking going places?

agesilaus wrote:
And be aware that not all Walmarts allow overnight stays. The local government can ban that.

Sort of correct, for the most part, it is up to each Walmart manager to decide if overnighting is allowed. In some cases the local township/city may have an ordnance which may prohibit/limit overnighting which will override the Walmart managers decision.

I would highly recommend looking up some Walmarts that may be close to your route and PHONE and ask first. This way you can have a better plan in place instead of driving 10 hrs only to find you can't and will have to find other places..

Walmart typically will want you to overnight as far away from the store as possible, typically lawn and garden center in some places.

I will warn up ahead, overnighting in Walmart parking lots or even at rest stops WILL be noisy. If you are noise sensitive, you may want to find other quieter alternatives. I found in ear hearing protectors often takes care of most of the parking lot noise.

Although right now, they may be quieter through the night since most WM stores close at 8 PM-9PM and open 8 or so in the morning to public for cleaning and restocking (not 24hr like they used to be)..

You would be shocked at how much traffic there is at WM at 12 AM - 2 AM in the morning.. At the stores we often stop at, 2 AM-3 AM the street sweeper comes out to play after the customer traffic slows down.

I should note that the stores we have visited often have signs up stating no overnighting but when we asked they told us it was OK to do so in spite of the signs.. I got the feeling the signs were put in place to discourage homeless folks at those WMs..