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Exit 20 — I-85 in North Carolina

Dallas;New Hope Road · Milepost 19.7 · Open 24hOpen late · 62 places at this exit.

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Gas · 12

Place	Off the ramp
Shell	0.3 mi · gas station	call
Electric Vehicle Charging Station	0.8 mi · ev charging station	call
Valero	0.8 mi · gas station
Fastop	0.8 mi · fuel
Southern Star	0.8 mi · fuel
Kangaroo Express	0.9 mi · gas station	call
Marathon Gas	1.0 mi · gas station	call
bp	1.1 mi · gas station	call
Exxon	1.3 mi · gas station
Exxon	1.3 mi · gas station	call
Clean N' Green Fuel	1.7 mi · gas station	call
Marathon	1.9 mi · gas station

Food & restaurants · 28

Place	Off the ramp
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	at the exit · southern restaurant	call
Captain D's	at the exit · seafood restaurant	call
KFC	at the exit · fast food restaurant	call
Texas Roadhouse	at the exit · steak_house	call
Waffle House	at the exit · american	call
Outback Steakhouse	at the exit · steakhouse	call
Jade Express in New Bern	at the exit · chinese restaurant	call
Big Easy Express	at the exit · cajun and creole restaurant	call
The Brickhouse Management Group, Inc	at the exit · restaurant
Marion H. Davis Jr. & Assoc. Inc	at the exit · restaurant
The Davis Restaurant Group, Inc	at the exit · restaurant
Bojangles	at the exit · restaurant	call
Los Arcos	at the exit · mexican	call
Steak Escape	0.3 mi · american restaurant	call
Great American Cookies	0.3 mi · bakery	call
Big Easy Cajun	0.3 mi · cajun and creole restaurant	call
Villa Pizza	0.3 mi · pizza restaurant	call
Rose's Jamaican Hub	0.3 mi · jamaican restaurant	call
Red Lobster	0.3 mi · seafood	call
Lucky Samurai	0.4 mi · japanese	call
McDonald's	0.5 mi · burger	call
Agave Mexican Restaurant	0.5 mi · mexican	call
Wendy's	0.5 mi · burger	call
Taco Bell	0.6 mi · tex-mex	call
Ginza Buffet of Gastonia	0.6 mi · asian	call
Sake Express	0.6 mi · japanese	call
Whiskey Mill	0.6 mi · american	call
Jackson's Cafeteria	0.7 mi · restaurant

Hotels & stays · 15

Place	Off the ramp
Best Western Hotels & Resorts	at the exit · hotel	call
Best Western	at the exit · hotel
Tru by Hilton	at the exit · hotel	call
Choice Hotels	at the exit · hotel	call
Comfort Suites	at the exit · hotel	call
Courtyard	at the exit · hotel	call
Fairfield Inn	at the exit · hotel	call
Hampton	at the exit · hotel	call
Gaston Inn	0.5 mi · hotel	call
Knights Inn	0.6 mi · hotel	call
Choice Hotels	0.9 mi · hotel	call
Super 8 by Wyndham Gastonia	1.0 mi · hotel	call
Hilton Garden Inn	1.1 mi · hotel	call
Choice Hotels	2.0 mi · hotel	call
Mid-Town Motor Inn	2.2 mi · resort	call

Things to see · 7

Place	Off the ramp
Adventure Landing Gastonia	1.1 mi · amusement park	call
Schiele Museum	1.2 mi · museum	call
American Military Museum of Gastonia	2.0 mi · museum	call
Armstrong Cemetery	2.1 mi · monument	call
Zombie Hollow	2.2 mi · amusement park	call
Wyant and Son Monument Company	2.5 mi · monument	call
Gaulden Monuments Charlotte	2.7 mi · monument	call

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