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John Chuck Erreca Northbound Rest Area

3.9 (15 reviews)
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James A.

Located in Firebaugh, about 4 hours from Long Beach, the Erreca Rest Area was named after a former director of public works, who oversaw the massive expansion of highways/freeways in California. It was re-named in his honor in 1982. It closed in 2022 for a massive renovation, to bring about a "model for new Caltrans California highway rest stops.", planned for 2024 re-opening. It was delayed, with the northbound opening occurring in August 2025, and the southbound in May 2026. My wife, her mom, and I stopped for a pitstop to take a restroom break and change out drivers as we headed north. It is indeed a massive rest stop with multiple buildings (vending machines), large grassy areas for pet relief, multiple picnic tables for outdoor meals.

Very clean and well maintained place to stop. The bathrooms were very nice and new and everything was well maintained from the cleanliness of the restrooms to the greenery around the tables. There are also many places to sit down and there are vending machines to buy snacks!

The wall art on the outside of the bathrooms are really cool.
Minh L.

This is a really clean and modern rest area. It has new automatic toilets, sinks, and hand dryers. There is a little trail that shows some California facts. There is a nice picnic area and also a grassy area. The grassy area does not allow pets.

Well lit and clean
Steve D.

My job took me out to Bakersfield, and the roundtrip from the SF Bay Area took me down I-5 and back. During the trip, I visited 3 reststops and by far the John Erreca Northbound Stop at Firebaugh was the best. I was there around 1030pm, and it had lots of visitors. The place was clean and well lit. The vending machines weren't caged up, and the restroom was clean. Also, I didn't see any homeless people hanging around, or strange people loitering about. Easy off and on ramps. Lots of parking for cars and light trucks. Huge area for big trucks and RVs.

The sign said No Vending, yet there it is.
Mary Lou S.

We got on I5 north after taking Ave 7 and 12 from Fresno on our way to Monterey (To avoid the stops in Los Banos). As soon as we got on the freeway, there was this nice rest area. Lots of green grass. The restrooms were clean. There were covered picnic areas. Although an entrance sign indicated there was no vending, there was. The hubby noticed they even had an ice cream vending machine!

Finally a test area open , Great grass area for pets ,

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This brand new rest stop has been closed for the longest time! Looks beautiful...but dang! Open, open, open!

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The cleanest rest stop I've ever been to. Thank You for providing such a clean restroom, Us ladies appreciate it!

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John Chuck Erreca Northbound Rest Area - reststops - Updated October 2026

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