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    Hartford Rest Area

    4.1 (8 reviews)
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    New rest area under construction
    Laura H.

    This rest stop was pretty torn up on my stop, but that is because everything is under construction, but it still has nice facilities and parking for truckers and for road travelers in general. The new buildings look like they will be very nice!! Restroom smelled squeaky clean and plenty of soap, toilet paper, etc. Overall, very nice!

    Very, very clean
    Bob K.

    VERY clean rest area ... our first stop on what was to be a 12-day trip to the southeast.

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    Motel 6

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    Back in my University days, this is the Motel 6 that my frugal parents would stay when visiting me…read more It was clean, inexpensive, close to I-80, and there was a Perkin's next door. And it wasn't far from the time when the 6 in Motel meant how much a night's stay cost. This place is still OK, but if I want safe, basic, and relatively cheap there are other choices within Greater Iowa City. I personally like the Iowa House near Campus, which also take me away from the Coralville Strip and into some Townie civilization.

    Road trips lower your standards for just about everything…read more Disgusting rest stop restroom, doesn't matter. Soiled motel sheets, at least they're dry. Diet? Doesn't exist. Fast food? Par for the course. Given my current lack of standards, the first thing I want is to roll my hog into a motel parking spot. It's that or passing out in a barn on a mound of hay with a bottle of whiskey hanging out the side of my mouth. Hey, this is Iowa! I actually try to satisfy the latter but nothing turns up. So, Motel 6 it is. Just as hoped, there's a parking spot directly in front of the door to our room. Good! Forget luxury, I embrace and salute this cross-country spirit! Who needs 400 thread count?! I make my triumphant entrance into our glorious room and I have an out of body experience drowning in a scent akin to air conditioning filtered through asshole. It's okay! This is perfect! Giles loves it. He tastes the toilet water. Delicious! Ferry loves it. "Just like the scene in No Country For Old Men! ...minus the shotgun... maybe." Cheap TV - check. Dirty carpet - check. Beer bottle opener attached to sink - check. Holy bible - check. Needless to say, everything checks out. It isn't until I lift the sheet when I realize I just can't. No! I won't sleep on these covers. I won't nuzzle into putrid polyester! I won't. Even still, I don't leave. I run to the car, grab my comforter and settle back into bed. As I survey the parking lot from my perch along the door frame, I smile with the slow realization that there are no cars older than 2000 to be seen. So it looks like each of our traveling companions may be in the same boat, nay, car as us. Hold that thought... that's a gunshot!

    Hartford Rest Area - reststops - Updated September 2026

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