Sacramento to Los Angeles: where to stop

A stop about every 45 minutes

The best bet in each stretch: a likely-clean restroom first, then a travel center or gas. Estimates come from who runs the store until drivers review it.

• 474B Alpine Avenue · Country Club Boulevard Likely cleanest. Chick-fil-A Stockton · 45 mi from Sacramento 45 min in
• 407 Santa Nella · Gilroy Mixedest. Love's 113 mi from Sacramento 1 hr 45 min in
• 368 Panoche Road Mixedest. Wienerschnitzel 152 mi from Sacramento 2 hr 15 min in
• 319 Lassen Avenue Mixedest. EZ Trip Travel Center 201 mi from Sacramento 3 hr in
• 278 Lost Hills · Wasco Mixedest. Love's 242 mi from Sacramento 3 hr 45 min in
• 219B Laval Road West Mixedest. Petro 301 mi from Sacramento 4 hr 45 min in
• 169 Valencia Boulevard Likely cleanest. Chick-fil-A Santa Clarita · 351 mi from Sacramento 5 hr 30 min in

Long stretches without a likely-clean stop

• 306 miles, about 4 hr 45 min: from Exit 474B (CA) to Exit 169 (CA). Stop before it if you can.

Other drives on I-5

• San Diego to Los Angeles
• Sacramento to Redding
• Sacramento to Medford