rest area
noun
: an area adjacent to a highway at which restrooms and refreshments are usually available
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However, you are allowed to sleep at a rest area for a single night.
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Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Kids can burn off energy in the Pineapple Paradise water play area or find a quiet place to pause, decompress and reset in the Mussel Beach rest area.
SpongeBob, Patrick Star and Sandy Cheeks characters will make appearances for meet-and-greet photo ops in the Bikini Bottom themed land.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 15 Dec. 2025
Drivers brave Thanksgiving traffic WJZ met several families already heading to their Thanksgiving destination at the Maryland House rest area in Harford County.
—Dennis Valera, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2025
With ski season only a few weeks away, the Vail Pass rest area reopened to the public on Tuesday with a bigger, better building that replaced a spartan structure built in 1980.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
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Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Kids can burn off energy in the Pineapple Paradise water play area or find a quiet place to pause, decompress and reset in the Mussel Beach rest area.
SpongeBob, Patrick Star and Sandy Cheeks characters will make appearances for meet-and-greet photo ops in the Bikini Bottom themed land.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 15 Dec. 2025
Drivers brave Thanksgiving traffic WJZ met several families already heading to their Thanksgiving destination at the Maryland House rest area in Harford County.
—Dennis Valera, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2025
With ski season only a few weeks away, the Vail Pass rest area reopened to the public on Tuesday with a bigger, better building that replaced a spartan structure built in 1980.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Rest area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rest%20area. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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