Jaime Obeso Sunbeam Rest Area

The address here is wrong, it took me to the university of California Irvine. A parking deck!!! Was not a nice use of my time, I learned in the middle of the night!!! Check the address, right now it says only 3.4 miles away– I’m in Newport Beach !!! Not good.

Honestly, how do you review a rest area? Working toilets? Check A place to park? Check. Vending machine? Check. Nifty little information area? Check.
This is a nice little stop for that long stretch along the I-​8 between Arizona and California. It’s convenient for a bathroom break or just for getting out and stretching your legs. There is a little information stand but I’ll be honest, I have never really read it. I think it just has information about the area and wildlife although I could be mistaken.
The restrooms aren’t bad and are pretty clean as far as rest areas go, I saw a crew cleaning them while I stopped there about noon on a Friday. There was a vending machine that I saw from afar that I assume was working but I didn’t check.
Umm. Not much more to say other than that that. It’s a convenient rest area that’s fairly clean and has plenty of parking. It provided me a much needed bathroom break resulting from drinking a lot of water and coffee so for that I’m thankful.
Since I can’t really think of much more to say, I think I’ll just leave it at that.

This is one of the better rest areas if you make the trip between San Diego and Phoenix in either direction. Probably more so coming from San Diego — it’s good to stretch and relax after the long drive in the mountains. This rest area has nice tables to chill out and have a snack. Restrooms are relatively clean. Of course this isn’t really the case during the summer — you just wanna do your thing and GTFO. If you’re going towards San Diego there is another stop not that far away in Ocotillo. But that ain’t 24 – 7. The restrooms actually have mirrors — so they’re not vampire safe like the Arizona rest stop restrooms. Westbound side has the newer, nicer bathrooms but eastbound is decent and well kept up as well.