I-75 South Ringgold Welcome Center — Local services in Fort Oglethorpe

This is the first rest stop as you enter Georgia when leaving Chattanooga, TN. Big rig (RV) and family friendly, staff on site, welcome center, information, clean bathrooms, facilities for families, handicap accessible, vending machines, cleaning maintenance on site, open/staffed on holidays, well lit, plenty of parking, dog walking area, security cameras, and etc. It has always had well maintained facilities when we stop. It “feels” relatively “safe” during daylight hours if you are traveling alone or not familiar with the area. It’s a good stop before you get to some major cities. Great place for families and pets to stop. (I have not been to this rest area late at night or alone.) I do believe this is a good place to stop if you are in a RV, van, or camper. Easy on/off ramp and...

this place is not trucker friendly. let me explain: first of all, bathrooms close at 11pm. really? come on! second, the ramps and curves are shaped in such a way then when the truck parking is full, which happens rather early, parking anywhere else in the rest area is difficult: -bunch of no parking signs, a "no overnight parking" sign i found hilarious, and 4 "bus only" parking space that, of course, becomes trucker spaces quickly. -at night this place becomes a nightmare, as truckers needs to squeeze their rig very close to the side. why building it this way? do they really expect us to "dissapear" if the parking is full? navigating around parked truck becomes hard (not blaming the truckers who does it btw! i would do the same... ) a recipe...

Beautiful welcome center!! Very clean ladies bathroom, which really says something, because let's face it ladies, we can get pretty gross sometimes, one toilet looked like a little girl had just left went in and dumped a Mega Roll of toilet paper in, over, out and around the entire stall, but that was freshly done, and I let the counter lady know as I was leaving. I was very pleased with the beautiful decor of the inside of the building. The landscape was just gorgeous. My fiance, our dog and I, sat in the grass for about 45 minutes with hotel booklets deciding where might be a good place to stay. Very pleasing just to look at this place,...