OH I-70 Preble Welcome Center - Eastbound…read more Nice, clean, Modern rest area serving as an Ohio Welcome Center on I79 E coming in from Indiana. Vending machines, spacious rest rooms, tourist info, literature, and maps. Easy off and back in the interstate with plenty of parking. One of the nicest Ohio Facilities I have stopped at in the state. Welcome Center Facilities: -Welcome Center -Truck and Passenger Vehicle Parking -47 Car and 59 Truck Spaces -Restrooms -Family Restrooms -Vending Machines -Drinking Water -Picnic Area

What can I say -- It's a rest area…read more The restrooms WERE CLEAN and there was plenty of convenient parking. There are vending machines. This is NOT a welcome center and it had a very limited selection of travel literature.

The rest area attendant was really sweet and the restrooms were clean but they smelled terrible! I…read morecould smell the restrooms as soon as we entered the building. The attendant had travel bags with tons of travel magazines focused on Illinois and the surrounding states. We grabbed one to use in making our future travel plans!

This is a nice clean rest area easy to get in and out of from the I-70 westbound towards St. Louis…read more It's on the Blue Star Memorial Highway. Blue Star Highways are a tribute to the Nations armed forces who served in World War II. There are nice flowers and it is attended to by the Garden Club of Illinois. Plenty of signs and in particular one says Illinois remembers POWs and MIAs. Very evident that, at least in concept, the sacrifices that servicemen and women make are important in the state of Illinois. However, in the past week our Nation has lost a number of lives as our military withdraws from Afghanistan. In fact it's been one of the largest single losses of service lives in many years. While this is a nicely manicured clean rest area, someone has neglected to lower the flag to half staff, a point which I brought up to a worker, extremely politely and respectfully, here at this rest area. It is this reason, this in attention to an extraordinarily important and significant detail, that I extend a one star rating to this otherwise very nice rest area. (Photos of the flag staff included with this review).

Stopped here as part of my long journey to Florida. It's your normal rest stop. It's a quiet place,…read morenot too many people here. Average bathrooms, decent items at vending machines for the price they're selling it at. It's got plenty of outdoor stuff to do and even a play area for children.

Just okay. The floor needed a hose down and the parking lot had some litter. It's not the worst…read morerest area I've been to (yes, you California) and it's not the best, but it was perfectly adequate to get the job done as I'm driving north today. [Review 20595 overall - 129 in Indiana - 1576 of 2023.]

Desperate times call for desperate measures. I've had my share of road trips and usually the rest…read morestops are a pretty safe bet for a quick potty break. IF you can avoid this place I recommend you do.

Terrible rest area! How can you have a rest stop and have the exit ramp sign say that it's open but…read morethen when you park your car and walk up to the front door there's a sign that says " closed for maintenance ". I don't mind coming back and giving this place a second chance if I ever do come to the area. Better signage could have made me and various other drivers much more aware and we could have stopped somewhere else. Better yet they could have had porta potties outside of the rest stop. Truckers Park here too. Where do you expect them to go expecting a toilet?

Basic little frills-free rest stop, typical of them all along this stretch of highway. Does have…read morevending machine and weather station.

One of 53 rest areas maintained by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDoT), the Limestone…read moreRest Area is about 3 miles south of Pontiac on I-55. Unlike some rest stops that are shared, there are two distinct areas for this rest stop. We stopped on our way South, the stop located North of where Rooks Creek crosses the Interstate. This area provides some nice topographical variety. There is a decent size playground for the kids, a bridge crossing the creek to a dead-end lookout. The inside includes a couple of vending areas, and large clean bathrooms. Since I-55 is one of the major thoroughfares of the state of Illinois, there are large rest stops every 50 - 100 miles in both directions. Per the IDoT website, this is to promote driver safety. It also encourages frequent rest stops for those passengers who need it.

Very clean rest stop along I74. Great stop for families with…read moresmall children as there is a small park with plenty of equipment to entertain them. The facilities are very clean and well maintained.

I absent-mindedly neglected to fill up in Lafayette on my way to Indy from Chicago. My fuel light…read morecame on to warn me, but there was no petrol stop for 10 miles. I had to make a split second decision as my light went off to indicate I was out of gas, and rather than put myself in harms way on the shoulder, I coasted into the rest area. It was late on Sunday night and I was racking my brain, when a friend reminded me that I might have roadside assistance through my insurance. Sure enough, I was able to have gas brought to me and gave them the exact location and mile marker, as listed inside the stop. Dated, but warm with a payphone, vending machines and relatively clean bathrooms. Within the hour I was back in business and closer to a gas station than I realized. I'm very thankful to have had the saving grace that was looking out for me that night!

Be advised that OK covers alot of ground between 'icky' and 'very nice', especially when describing…read moreresting areas. The rooms themselves are sufficient for the task at hand and are well suited to those base requirements; accommodations are typical of what is provided by the state free of charge to non-residents. For a modest fee sustenance is available in a separate structure. Picnicking is permitted in designated areas as is the pet exercise and smoking. Extended and overnight parking is allowed but frowned upon, it is generally (and oddly) considered pedestrian.

This is a beautiful little rest stop off I-70, with a patch of forest and park that has clearly…read morebeen here for a long time. The trees have to be at least 40 years old, and they have grown in thick enough that the ground stays in shade pretty much all day. Even in the middle of summer it feels ten degrees cooler once you walk in under them. There is old-school playground equipment here, the kind most parks replaced years ago. I doubt it gets much use. Nice to see a little window of how things were back in time. Picnic benches are scattered through the trees, so you can eat something you brought along instead of sitting in the car. The whole area is well manicured and groomed. Somebody is clearly still taking care of the place, which you do not always see at a stop like this. It makes for a genuinely peaceful break on a longer drive. The bathrooms are indoors, so even with snow on the ground you can use the facilities without freezing. They were clean when I stopped. There are vending machines in the back too, which came in handy for a quick snack before getting back on the road. If you are driving through, this one is worth pulling off for instead of pushing on to the next exit.

Nice rest area. All you need for what you have to accomplish. For those needing more than a clean…read morebathroom and safety get a hotel.

My husband and I stopped at the Main Line Station Rest Area on the way to Champaign, Illinois. The…read morerest area had a bathroom, travel information, and weather information. The men's bathroom wasn't the cleanest, but it was clean enough to use. There are also some picnic tables and a generous grass area to walk your dog or stretch your legs. This is a fine place to take a rest on a long trip.

This rest area was ... interesting. Rather than a large building with bathrooms and vending…read moremachines, this stop had quonset hut-type buildings where you access single bathrooms via doors to the outside. I read online that this is a newer rest stop designed specifically for truckers, with several truck-long parking spaces. So with that in mind, I'm understanding this a bit more. The bathrooms were clean, which is important no matter the type of stop. We'll just remember this when we roll through the next time.

Yes, clean, private restrooms and walking area. Vending machine options. Grassy shaded area for…read moredogs and picnics.