Truckstop Holt’s Shell

We stopped for the low rate in the RV park and the signage promoting good Internet. Could only stay the two days because consistent Internet connection was spotty and couldn’t get any work done. Showers were an extra $ 7 a day which seemed kinda steep. $ 7 per sites maybe. Adjoining convenience store and Subway sandwich shop made it a little more convenient than a bare spot in the desert. Will stay again but will bring my own Internet.

Coming from California, the price of gas was the first best thing!!! We pulled up and had to use the restroom — which they had just redone, obviously. To get there, you had to walk by all of these really cool and unique things that felt very Arizona to this California girl. Brightly painted lizards and frogs and a number of other keepsakes. Walking back a little further was a place that said showers and, past that, was the brightest sign for the bathrooms. The women’s room looked like it was out of Nordstroms. Mirrors and a wonderful area — fantastic. Didn’t get to see inside of the gas station store, but I’m sure it was just as awesome as the rest of it.

Cleanest bathrooms in AZ. Plenty of parking and even a dog area. Fun local and Mexican art for sale and a Subway Sandwich shop right next door.

I kid you not this is by far the best middle of nowhere rest stop. We’ve been traveling for days now and have stopped a countless rest stops with nasty bathroom. This place is totally different. The bathrooms are new and CLEAN. Not at all what you’d expect to find at a has station.

We always stop here on road trips. Clean restrooms and cool art for sale. Love the dinosaurs out front!

For a rest stop this place is awesome, lots of snacks, some local artist items for sale (Mainly for your yard), and the bathrooms are brand spanking new and super clean.
No one likes a dirty bathroom, so no need to fear… You will be nice and relaxed to take a pee here. :)

If you are going to have to stop and fill up during a road trip to Rocky Point or Cali then this is a cool place to come and look around at all the stuff they have for sale. As others have mentioned, the prices were reasonable. Unfortunately the best stuff is all outside in the hot sun. As are the bathrooms. Their facilities were amply stocked. Not very clean, but far from the worst I have seen at a Shell.

We stayed here in our Travel trailer for one night and it couldn’t have been easier. They have level sites with all the standard fixins. You can al so show up at any time of day because the gas station is 24 hours.
Friendly people too!

Welcome to beautiful Gila Bend, Arizona! If you are here, I am sorry for you.
But if you are in Gila Bend you may as well stop at Holt’s Shell.
I stopped to go to the bathroom and ended up spending a lot more time here than I anticipated. The bathrooms are clean enough for middle of nowhere convenience store bathrooms. The convenience store itself is also clean with friendly staff and a decent selection. Basically everything you could ask for when you have stop in the middle of nowhere.
What really sets this place apart though is outside they have tons of ceramics and wood pieces that cost a fraction of what they would cost if you were in a big city. I ended up spending quite a while looking as stuff and getting sticker shock, but in a good way. «That is only 10 bucks!!!»
Unfortunately I have a small car that was already full, or I would have bought a bunch of stuff. Next trip I am planning ahead and making room in the car to bring stuff back.
Again, it kinda sucks to be in Gila Bend, but Holt’s rocks!

Quick, easy place to refill gas if you’re driving to and from SD and AZ. Wide variety of snacks, food, and even shotglasses. It’s just off the freeway, so getting gas doesn’t turn out to be a huge detour.
Bathrooms could use a little cleaning, but I guess I can’t really expect much from a rest stop type place. I’m just glad there were flushing toilets, since the rest stop I was at prior did not!
Will stop by again on my next trip out to AZ.

This is a fun pit stop between San Diego and Phoenix. It should be noted that the location is incorrect on the Unilocal map. I will see if there is a way that I can provide Unilocal with the correct location. There are lots of fun things to check out at the store, ceramic rattlesnakes, rock candy, cowboy hat’s, cap guns, pottery from Mexico, and lots, lots more… a great stopping place with clean bathrooms.