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Clean restroom stops on I-44 from St. Louis to Tulsa
Where to stop on the 390 miles of I-44 between St. Louis and Tulsa, stretch by stretch, from QuikTrip's home turf to Buc-ee's near Springfield.
I-44 runs about 390 miles from downtown St. Louis to Tulsa, most of it through the Missouri Ozarks. The good news for anyone who cares about a clean restroom: both ends are QuikTrip country, and the middle has a few reliable anchors. The stretch that needs planning is the Ozarks between Rolla and Springfield.
How to read this guide. Each stop shows its best place and how it rates today. A solid score comes from driver reviews in the Best Exit app; an outlined badge marked est. is an estimate based on who runs the store, until reviews come in.
St. Louis to Rolla
Leaving St. Louis, you're spoiled for choice. QuikTrip runs its own stores and is known for clean restrooms, and there's one at nearly every exit through the western suburbs. If you can hold on a little longer, Wally's in Valley Park is a Buc-ee's-style travel center with a big, clean restroom block.
EXIT274 Bowles Avenue Best bet Wally’s 5.0 Men's · 1 review · 1 mo ago Gas 5 · Food 14Past Eureka the suburbs thin out. Cracker Barrel at Sullivan is the next stop that's estimated likely clean.
EXIT225 Sullivan Best bet Cracker Barrel Likely cleanest. Gas 8 · Food 15Rolla to Springfield
This is the stretch to plan for. Between Rolla and Springfield the stops get smaller and further apart, and many are gas stations whose sign says little about who runs them. Rolla is a good place to stop before you head in.
EXIT185 Rolla Best bet Chick-fil-A Likely cleanest. Gas 8 · Food 15Halfway across, Saint Robert near Fort Leonard Wood has a Cracker Barrel.
EXIT161 Fort Leonard Wood · Saint Robert Best bet Cracker Barrel Likely cleanest. Gas 7 · Food 15Springfield to Joplin
Just east of Springfield is the Buc-ee's at exit 84, the stop many drivers plan the whole day around.
EXIT84 MO 744 Best bet Buc-ee's Likely cleanest. Gas 1West of Springfield the road straightens out toward Joplin. Near the Kansas and Oklahoma lines, Duenweg's QuikTrip is a reliable last Missouri stop.
EXIT11 Neosho · Fort Smith Best bet QuikTrip Likely cleanest. Gas 8 · Food 7Joplin to Tulsa
In Oklahoma, I-44 becomes the Will Rogers Turnpike. The QuikTrips start again around Claremore and continue all the way through Tulsa.
EXIT255 Claremore · Pryor Creek Best bet QuikTrip Likely cleanest. Gas 2 · Food 6Before you go
- Plan the Ozarks. Stop in Rolla or hold for Springfield; the stretch between is the thinnest.
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