Is Your State Closing Its Rest Areas?

Posted by David Porter on Monday, February 22, 2010 · 2 Comments

As we have been traveling around the State of Arizona, we have noticed that some of the state’s rest areas have been closed. As it turns out, 13 out of 18 of the state’s rest area have been closed.

From the Arizona Department of Transportation:

“The most immediate signs of ADOT’s actions to weather the “perfect storm” will be at highway rest areas. Beginning the week of October 19, operations at 13 rest areas will be suspended leaving five ADOT and more than a dozen non-ADOT operated rest areas along the highway system. Rest areas impacted are: Bouse Wash, Canoa Ranch, Ehrenberg, Hassayampa, Haviland, Mazatzal, McGuireville, Meteor Crater, Mohawk, Parks, Salt River Canyon, San Simon, and Sacaton. Two of these facilities – Mazatzal and Salt River Canyon – are already closed due to water system issues.”

Map of Arizona’s closed rest areas.

Somehow this development had missed my radar.

How about your state? Are they closing Rest Areas in your state?

2 Comments on “Is Your State Closing Its Rest Areas?”

Geoff
February 23, 2010

Great website Dave and Carol! Makes me want to pack-up the family and go exploring, especially all the cool places we take for granted in our own state. I also look forward to your posts about adventures outside our great state.

Keep up the good work!

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David Porter
February 23, 2010

Thanks Geoff! We are about to do our first destination articles on the Big
Island of Hawaii. We are looking forward to that.

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