Valmy Rest Area

My husband was exhausted. Long drive through mountains from Lake Tahoe. Valmy location is closed (for quite some time due to no public funding).

We turned around and drove under highway to the gas station. The gas station attendant was very very nice and welcomed us with open arms. Insisted we stay for free on their huge parking lot. Truckers stay here overnight regularly.

You can hear the highway noise and trains. But it definitely works in a pinch late at night.

The next morning, we purchased gas and store items to say thank you.

I rate it high because it works when you really need a place to stay late at night on a long baron highway.

These NV rest stops are larger and actually better than those on the west coast

This is open, as of 8/8/2021, at least the east bound side is

Plenty of spaces, green lawns 😳 (what a waste of water), a dump station and flush toilets

What more does one need for a overnight free stopover ?

Stopped on our way across Nevada, next rest stop at Beowawe is closed. Good for sleeping, picnic area.

We give this a 4 understanding that this is a rest stop. It was lightly populated when we arrived. We were able to find a quiet enough spot to set up for cooking dinner outside and exercise the dog. The sunset/sunrise here is also quite good. Yes there were trucks and other RV’ers. But for the price it’s hard to beat this type of stop over for some rest.

Cell service was good with AT&T.

Stopped for the night. Clean relatively quiet with the trucks running their engine all night. If you pull into the right side there is a gravel spot that works. An RV was their already and they had their chairs out.

There was dried poop and toilet paper everywhere. There was no hole cover and the water didn’t work. Highly recommend not going here. The smell was terrible and the area was really gross.

Dump site was clean, easy to access. There is no potable water, but there is water to clean your black tank.