page_title: Roadside park
hierarchical_section_title: Roadside park
caption_attribution_description: English: Rest stop on Pennsylvania Route 29, a few miles from Tunkhannock
context_page_description: A roadside park is a designated park on the wide side of a road for the traveling tourist usually maintained by a governmental entity, either local, state, or national. It is for recreational use such as a picnic spot or a trail head. A roadside park will generally be found in a rural setting, whereas a rest area will be found on an interstate highway in a suburban setting or between major destinations like cities. A rest area is specifically designed for the rest and relaxation of the motoring public. The roadside park with the use of picnic tables is the predecessor of the modern rest area / travel plaza.
  Different states would have formal and informal designations for these spots, including "roadside table," "wayside table," "wayside park," or "wayside picnic area."
  Many roadside parks have restroom facilities or at least pit toilets, where some small roadside parks have no restroom facilities at all. Some have water and many are designated on state maps with a small picnic table.
  Some continents have roadside parks, however they are not a worldwide phenomenon.
context_section_description: A roadside park  is a designated park on the wide side of a road for the traveling tourist usually maintained by a governmental entity, either local, state, or national. It is for recreational use such as a picnic spot or a trail head. A roadside park will generally be found in a rural setting, whereas a rest area will be found on an interstate highway in a suburban setting or between major destinations like cities. A rest area is specifically designed for the rest and relaxation of the motoring public. The roadside park with the use of picnic tables is the predecessor of the modern rest area / travel plaza.
  Different states would have formal and informal designations for these spots, including "roadside table," "wayside table," "wayside park," or "wayside picnic area."
  Many roadside parks have restroom facilities or at least pit toilets, where some small roadside parks have no restroom facilities at all. Some have water and many are designated on state maps with a small picnic table.
  Some continents have roadside parks, however they are not a worldwide phenomenon. They are popular in the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe, however basically not known in Mexico, Central America, South America, Africa, nor the Far East Asian countries.
caption: A roadside park in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
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