How to Find RV Friendly Gas Stations (Apps & More)
RVers need to know how to find RV-friendly gas stations depending on their RV’s fuel type, height clearance, and length. Here’s how…
Whether planning a trip or on the go, it's imperative that you know how to find RV-friendly gas stations. After all, not all gas stations are designed to accommodate the specific needs of RVs.
To ensure a smooth refueling experience, it's important to know how to locate gas stations that cater to your RV's fuel type, height clearance, and length.
In this guide, we'll share resources that will help you find RV-friendly gas stations and some additional tips along the way.
If you buy something through our links, we may get a small commission at no extra cost to you. It helps keep our lights on so we can continue to provide helpful resources for RVers. Read our full affiliate disclosure here.
Apps for Finding RV-Friendly Gas Stations
Google maps and other mainstream GPS platforms can help you find gas stations that can accommodate your RV. However, we have more reliable resources that are easier for RVers to use.
The following websites and apps cater better to RVers.
1. TSD Open Roads App
If your RV runs on a diesel, you can win-win with the TSD Open Roads App. Open Roads is a fuel discount card that can save you $0.30 – $0.40 per gallon.
PLUS, it can help you locate RV friendly gas stations in your vicinity. Since the app is designed for truckers, it’ll direct you to easily maneuverable gas stations.
BY THE WAY, we have an entire article on RV Fuel Discount Cards & Programs to check out.
2. Mudflap
Like Open Roads, Mudflap is an app designed for truckers and is thus useful for diesel RV owners, too. Also similarly, Mudflap can save you about $0.40 per gallon!
Mudflap’s network is relatively small, with only about 1,500 partnering truck stops nationwide, but it’s a free resource! So, why not give it a try?
It can save you money and direct you to diesel stations that can easily accommodate your RV.
3. Gas Buddy
Gas Buddy is another fuel discount resource that RVers can use to find RV friendly gas stations. However, Gas Buddy is designed for all types of vehicles, not just large vehicles.
So, you will need to use its search filters to find an appropriate gas station for your RV.
This app is limited in its ability to help you find places based on your RV size. But it can help you find diesel, truck stops, propane, and more.
Gas Guru and IExit Interstate Exit Guide are similar apps that can help you plan refueling stops by using their search filters. IEXIT is great for finding clean public restrooms, too.
RV Friendly Gas Station Chains
Instead of looking for individual gas stations that can accommodate your RV, you can search for RV-friendly gas station chains along your route.
Any truck stop can accommodate RVs (although some only offer diesel), but there are also travel chains you can use, too.
Some go-to travel chains are (links take you to their Locations page):
- Pilot Flying J (Nationwide)
- Love’s Travel Stops (Nationwide*)
- TA Travel Centers / Petro (USA & Canada)
- Buc-ee’s (The South, Mostly Texas)
- Wawa (East Coast)
- Sheetz (Eastern U.S.)
*Love’s also has Loves RV Stops with RV hookups for a safe, clean place to stop on your journey.
All of the above travel stops are also known for their clean public restrooms. It’s nice to know how to find those, too…
How to Find Clean Public Restrooms
RVers can’t always use their RV’s bathroom, nor do they always want to. Sometimes slide-outs prevent you from easily using it. Sometimes you’re trying to minimize using your black water tank until you reach camp. Sometimes you just like to use a big, clean bathroom.
Whatever the reason, it’s helpful for every RVer to know how to find clean public restrooms near your current location.
In another article, we share the best places for clean bathrooms and the best resources to find them. Keep reading…
Explore our 7 Day Adventure Guide to Colorado
When Jennifer and I first went to Colorado, I felt like I finally understood what John Denver meant by his song: I've now been Rocky Mountain High.
And like Denver, exploring all that Colorado has to offer made me want to sing, too.
This is a fully designed and edited guide that you can download and start reading immediately on your phone, tablet, computer or e-reader.
Hey Mike, take a little more time to REALLY update your posts – Gas Guru is no longer active, as of September 2025.
RE: “How to find RV Friendly Gas Stations.”
I use one of the Gas Apps to find stations that I want to use to fill my RV, but in addition to that, (you may laugh) I use Google Street View and Google Earth to determine where the station is located, as well as the ease of entrance and egress.
Thanks…Roy…
That’s a great idea! Thanks for sharing, Roy! Team RV Lifestyle