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Exit 21 — I-85 in North Carolina

Cox Road;Ranlo · Milepost 20.7 · Open late · 58 places at this exit.

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Gas · 11

Place	Off the ramp
Kangaroo Express	at the exit · gas station	call
Marathon Gas	0.3 mi · gas station	call
Shell	0.3 mi · fuel	call
Electric Vehicle Charging Station	0.4 mi · ev charging station	call
Sam's Club	0.8 mi · fuel
Speedway	1.0 mi · gas station	call
Clean N' Green Fuel	1.1 mi · gas station	call
bp	1.2 mi · gas station	call
Valero	1.7 mi · gas station
Citgo	1.9 mi · gas station	call
The Corner Grocery	1.9 mi · gas station	call

Food & restaurants · 29

Place	Off the ramp
IHOP	at the exit · breakfast and brunch restaurant	call
Pardon My Cheesesteak	at the exit · restaurant	call
Ruby Tuesday	at the exit · burger restaurant	call
Brixx Wood Fired Pizza	at the exit · fast food restaurant	call
Pasqually's Pizza & Wings P635	at the exit · pizza restaurant	call
Blaze Pizza	at the exit · pizza restaurant	call
Blaze Pizza	at the exit · pizza restaurant
Arby's	at the exit · fast food restaurant	call
Chick-fil-A	at the exit · chicken	call
Olive Garden	at the exit · italian	call
Starbucks	at the exit · coffee_shop	call
Chuck E. Cheese	at the exit · pizza	call
Qdoba	at the exit · mexican restaurant	call
Tavern 24	at the exit · american restaurant	call
The Smoke Pit	at the exit · barbecue restaurant	call
Los Equipales	at the exit · mexican restaurant	call
Mẹ Viet Kitchen	at the exit · vietnamese restaurant	call
El Sombrero Bakery	at the exit · colombian restaurant	call
Me Vietnamese Kitchen	at the exit · vietnamese
LongHorn Steakhouse	at the exit · steak_house	call
Buffalo Wild Wings	at the exit · wings
On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina	0.3 mi · mexican restaurant	call
Chipotle	0.3 mi · mexican	call
Golden Corral	0.3 mi · american	call
Firehouse Subs	0.4 mi · sandwich	call
Krispy Kreme	0.5 mi · donut
Five Guys	0.5 mi · burger	call
Chili's	0.6 mi · tex-mex	call
McDonald's	0.6 mi · burger	call

Hotels & stays · 12

Place	Off the ramp
Choice Hotels	at the exit · hotel	call
Hilton Garden Inn	at the exit · hotel	call
Super 8	at the exit · motel	call
Choice Hotels	0.8 mi · hotel	call
Hampton by Hilton	0.8 mi · hotel	call
Fairfield by Marriott	0.8 mi · hotel	call
Best Western Hotels & Resorts	0.8 mi · hotel	call
Courtyard by Marriott	0.9 mi · hotel	call
Tru by Hilton	1.0 mi · hotel	call
Gaston Inn	1.3 mi · hotel	call
Knights Inn	1.3 mi · hotel	call
Lowell Masonic Lodge #590	1.8 mi · lodge

Things to see · 6

Place	Off the ramp
Adventure Landing Gastonia	0.3 mi · amusement park	call
The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium	1.6 mi · museum	call
Zombie Hollow	2.3 mi · amusement park	call
Armstrong Cemetery	2.7 mi · monument	call
American Military Museum of Gastonia	2.8 mi · museum	call
Wyant and Son Monument Company	3.4 mi · monument	call

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