"Iowa 80 is the world's largest truck stop, located along Interstate 80 off exit 284 in Walcott, Iowa. It sits on a 220-acre (89 ha) plot of land, three times larger than an average 75 acres (30 ha) truckstop, and it receives 5,000 visitors daily. Iowa 80 features a 67,000 sq ft (6,200 m2) main building, parking for 900 trucks, 15 diesel fuel pumps, and also has a dedicated pump for dispensing bulk diesel exhaust fluid. Four-hundred and fifty employees staff the megaplex.

"Iowa 80 has a large truck parking lot, truck scales, and fueling stations as is customary for a truck stop. There are fifteen fuel stations. The stations have nozzles on each side, so tanks on both sides of the truck can be filled simultaneously. Since the introduction of trucks requiring diesel exhaust fluid, the fuel island at Iowa 80 has been renovated to include pumps for bulk DEF dispensing. Iowa 80 has a service center where vehicle diagnostics, minor repairs, oil changes or tire rotations can be done. A small convenience store is located on the fuel island. Iowa 80 also has a truck washing facility, and even the engine can be washed.

"The Iowa 80 facility also has a two-story, 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m2) showroom, which is the largest trucker's store in the country.[8] Here customers may purchase chrome accessories, books, DVDs, CDs, cell phone accessories, CB radio equipment, apparel and cleaners, chrome stacks, and bumpers. There are custom built show trucks, one on a rotating platform. A 20-by-40-foot (6.1 m × 12.2 m) wall displays 500 illuminated truck lights. Also located in the store are a vinyl graphics shop, a custom T-shirt shop, and an embroidery center." (Wikipedia)

"It’s a place where people want to stop. On the eastern edge of Iowa, not far from the Mississippi River, adjacent to the small town of Walcott, you’ll find a place like no other in the world," the official website says..

"The Iowa 80 Truckstop, now the World’s Largest Truckstop, established its home here in 1964 and is now in itself a home away from home to countless drivers and a destination for travelers as well. Some say Iowa 80 Truckstop is like a small city, others have likened it to a Trucker’s Disneyland, all can agree it is a place not to be missed.

"Iowa 80 Truckstop features eight restaurant choices, a convenience store, gift store, Super Truck Showroom, barber shop, chiropractor, dentist, movie theater, workout room, laundry facilities, gas islands, diesel fuel center, truck service center, Truckomat truck wash, Dogomat pet wash, CAT Scale, 24- private showers, trucking museum and more! We are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In fact, we haven’t closed our doors since opening day in 1964. We are a place where you can stop to refuel, relax and refresh before continuing on your journey. We hope you will visit us soon!"

"When the original Iowa 80 truck stop opened for business in 1965 it had just one small store, an oil change and a restaurant.

"Now, the truck stop located off exit 284 on Interstate 80 in Walcott, Iowa boasts a 300-seat restaurant with a 50-ft. salad bar, a movie theater, a laundromat, a barber, a dentist, a game room, an embroidery center, a drivers' den (complete with a fireplace and private showers), the Truckomat truck wash and a slew of fast-food franchises. It serves more than 2 million cups of coffee each year and an average of 53 tons of beef," the TIME magazine reports..

"The truck stop employs some 450 people and can park up to 800 trucks. It is also home to a trucking museum and hosts an annual trucker appreciation event with a pork chop cook-out, beauty contest and live entertainment. In its 45 years, the truck stop has served 64 million customers."

"Situated amongst farmland and Interstate 80, you'll find the Iowa 80 Truckstop, which is something out of every trucker's dream," the Bon Appétit says.

"In the famous words of Saturday Night Live’s Stefon, "This place has everything"—but no, really, it does. It proudly boasts that it is not only the World's Largest Truckstop with over 100,000 square feet of retail space, but it’s also "a home away from home to countless drivers."

"That is, nearly 5,000 visitors daily. On top of an endless supply of trucker memorabilia for purchase and eight dining options, what this home away from home consists of is a movie theater, separate drivers' TV den, library, museum, Christian chapel, dog wash, workout center, chiropractor, dentist, barber, laundromat, and brand new private showers."

"The main building of the Iowa 80 Truckstop in Walcott, Iowa, encompasses more square footage than a pair of football fields. The complex includes eight restaurants; a convenience store; gift shop; 30,000-square-foot “Super Truck” showroom; 60-seat movie theater; food court; trucker’s TV lounge; two dozen private showers; and a custom embroidery and vinyl shop.

"All told, Iowa 80 Truckstop maintains a workforce of approximately 500 employees to staff all three shifts. The parking lot itself is bigger than most truck stops. The asphalt expanse can accommodate 900 tractor-trailers, 250 cars and 20 buses. Iowa 80 serves 5,000 visitors a day, 45 percent of whom drive the big rigs," The Municipal says.

"Meals are served around the clock. The Iowa 80 Kitchen, which seats 300 diners, dishes up more than 290 pounds of beef and 318 pounds of pork every day, seven days a week. Other facilities include a seven-bay truck service center, three-bay truck wash, CAT scale, 10 gas islands, 16 diesel lanes, Dogomat pet wash and the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum."

"There are the standard conveniences you’d expect to find at any truckstop, like gas islands, a diesel fuel center, a truck service center, a truck wash, and a CAT Scale. But it doesn’t stop there. On site, there are eight restaurants, a convenience store, a gift shop, a movie theater, a workout room, a barber shop, a chiropractor, a dentist, the Super Truck Showroom, a laundromat, private showers, and a pet wash. There’s even a trucking museum! To house all of this (and make room for visitors) the main building is 67,000 square feet and outside there is room for 900 trucks to park," the Silly America says.

"Iowa 80 wasn’t always the world’s largest truck stop. It was opened as a modest destination in 1964 when Bill Moon, a Standard Oil regional manager, purchased the land along the still-in-construction 3,000-mile I-80 highway. Moon took over a year later and, in 1984, when Standard Oil (now Amoco) was set to sell, Moon and his wife Carolyn purchased the facility for themselves. It was then that they really began to slowly expand into the mega-truckstop we know and love today.

"Now affiliated with the TravelCenters of America chain, Iowa 80 is open 24/7 (and haven’t closed a day since they opened) as a destination for truckers and road trippers far and wide. It serves as a home away from home from truckers on long journeys and an always fun pit-stop for the rest of us."

"A common question that people ask Delia Moon Meier about The World’s Largest Truck Stop is, is it really the world’s largest truck stop? “I’m trying to get Guinness to verify it, but they’re not receptive,” says Meier. “I keep arguing with them, but they say they wouldn’t know how to measure it. But nobody’s told us we aren’t,” The University Of Iowa says.

"Formally known as the Iowa 80 Truck Stop, The World’s Largest is one of the state’s eastern gateways on Interstate 80, dominating the truck stop-heavy exit 284 at Walcott. It draws 64 million customers a year, which is 20 times more than Iowa’s entire population. About 20 percent of them are long-haul commercial semi-truck drivers looking for a place to eat, shower, wash some laundry and rent a video while laying up for the night in their sleeper cabs in the parking lot.

"The alumni-owned Iowa 80 Truck Stop in Walcott has become a fixture for many UI students and alumni. For students and alumni coming from the east—which includes the huge contingent from Chicagoland—the truck stop is a marker that says you’re in the final stage of the drive to Iowa City. For some, it’s as much a part of their UI experience as Kinnick, Old Cap, and Carver Hawkeye."

"I’m a frequent visitor of the World’s Largest Truckstop. Maybe you are too. For our household, this stop is a convenient halfway point when we travel along Interstate 80 from Des Moines to Chicago to visit my family. Typically, our truck stop ritual includes a bathroom break, gas tank fill-up, and maybe an order of Wendy’s chicken nuggets or cold brew from Caribou Coffee.

"For one, this truck stop welcomes an estimated 5,000 visitors every day. And it offers so much more than a quick snack or a bathroom break. From expansive shopping options to in-demand amenities for truck drivers to a unique way to experience trucking history, this is not your typical pit stop," the Olio in Iowa says.

"Whether you have five minutes or five hours, the World’s Largest Truckstop is full of unique things to do and unexpected ways to pass the time that are sure to make your next road trip more fun."

"Part-trucker base camp, part-wacky tourist attraction, Iowa 80 is so much more than a place to get gas. It's a 24-hour megacomplex that opened in 1964 and hasn't closed its doors since," The Gazette says.

"It has eight places to eat and meet all your standard truck-driver necessities like showers and fuel, plus a dazzling array of amenities like a museum, barber, dentist, dog wash, gift shop, chiropractor and movie theater. Every July, the complex hosts its Walcott Truckers Jamboree with live music, a pork chop cookout and beauty contest for trucks.

"Unless you're one of America's 3.5 million truck drivers, you likely wouldn't spend enough time at Iowa 80 to enjoy all its spoils. You'd never know what it was like to take a truck stop shower or get a truck stop haircut."

"A truck stop, known as a service station in the United Kingdom, and a travel center by major chains in the United States, is a commercial facility which provides refueling, rest (parking), and often ready-made food and other services to motorists and truck drivers. Truck stops are usually located on or near a busy road

"Smaller truck stops might consist of only a parking area, a fueling station, and perhaps a diner restaurant. Larger truck stops might have convenience stores of various sizes, showers, a small video arcade, and a TV/movie theater (usually just a projector with an attached DVD player).

"The largest truck stops, like Iowa 80 (the largest in the world), might have several independent businesses operating under one roof, catering to a wide range of travelers' needs, and might have several major and minor fast-food chains operating a small food court. Larger truck stops also tend to have full-service maintenance facilities for heavy trucks, as well as vehicle wash services that can handle anything from passenger vehicles to large trucks." (Wikipedia)