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Trucker Path Names Top Truck Stops for 2026

Truck driver ratings reveal the best chain and independent truck stops in the country.

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Stone’s Truck Stop, Watertown, South Dakota, was named the top independent truck stop by Trucker Path for 2026.

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Trucker Path unveiled its annual ranking of the best chain and independent truck stops as rated by the truck drivers using the app.

New this year is the Sustained Excellence Award for the truck stops that have been selected by the Trucker Path community as one of the nation’s Top 100 annually for each of the past five years.

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Trucker Path gathered in-app ratings and reviews from the more than 1 million truck drivers using the Trucker Path app over the past 12 months to determine the Top 100 facilities nationwide out of the more than 9,000 truck stops and about 10,000 additional fueling locations on the app.

The Top 5 lists include the chain and independent locations with the highest ratings in their respective categories. The Top 10 list includes both chain and independent locations.

Top 5 Chain Truck Stops for 2026

  1. Toot 'n Totum #105, Stratford, Texas
  2. Rutter's #85, Bedford, Pennsylvania
  3. Kwik Star #1276, South Beloit, Illinois
  4. Love's Travel Stop # 581, Salina, Utah
  5. Truck Stop Sunoco, Grantsville, Maryland
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Toot'n Totum has been serving travelers for 75 years, according to Toot'n Totum CEO Andrew Mitchell.

"Being named a Top Truck Stop Chain — alongside our Stratford location earning the number one spot in the country — is recognition that our teams earn one driver at a time, one stop at a time,” Mitchell said.

"To the truckers who voted for us — thank you for trusting us with your stops,” he added. “Professional drivers are the backbone of our economy, and serving them well is something our team takes personally.”

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Toot'n Totum has been serving truck drivers and other travelers for 75 years.

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Top 5 Independent Truck Stops For 2026

  1. Stone’s Truck Stop, Watertown, South Dakota
  2. Rainbow Trucker's Lounge, West Wendover, Nevada
  3. Dysarts Truckstop, Bangor, Maine
  4. Abbyland Travel Center, Curtiss, Wisconsin
  5. Compass Travel Center, DeMotte, Indiana

“We strive to offer the services that the trucking community values, including fuel, a café, prepared meals and beverages, showers, and laundry facilities,” said Darin Whitlock, store manager at Stone’s Truck Stop.

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Overall Top 10 Truck Stops for 2026

  1. Toot 'n Totum #105, Stratford, Texas
  2. Rutter's #85, Bedford, Pennsylvania
  3. Kwik Star #1276, South Beloit, Illinois
  4. Love's Travel Stop #581, Salina, Utah
  5. Truck Stop Sunoco, Grantsville, Maryland
  6. Stone’s Truck Stop, Watertown, South Dakota
  7. Kwik Trip #1212, Worthington, Minnesota
  8. Sheetz Buckhorn #769, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
  9. Rainbow Trucker's Lounge, West Wendover, Nevada
  10. Kwik Star #589, Marion, Indiana

For 2026, a Sustained Excellence Award was also presented to truck stops that have been on the Top 100 list for the past five years:

  • Loves Travel Stop #795, Madras, Oregon
  • Kwik Trip #603, Wilson, Wisconsin

The Trucker Path Top 100 Truck Stops may display a window decal honoring the locations for their place in the annual ranking. The complete list of the 2026 Trucker Path Top 100 Truck Stops is available on the Trucker Path website.

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Honored truck stops can display a special decal indicating they are a Trucker Path Top Truck Stop.

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The Trucker Path app provides commercial drivers with navigation using truck-specific routing, plus access to up-to-date information about truck stops, real-time truck parking availability, fuel prices and discounts, weigh station statuses, and truck scales and wash locations.

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The company also offers TruckLoads, a digital freight exchange that connects drivers, carriers, and brokers, and Trucker Path Insurance, a digitally enabled retail insurance agency that connects insurance carriers with truck drivers and small fleets.


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