Reviews of Crain Memorial Welcome Center. (Travel Agency) in Baltimore (Maryland).

Crain Memorial Welcome Center

470 Reviews

266 Comments

Travel agency

Tourist information center

12480 Crain Hwy, Newburg, MD 20664, United States

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Information of Crain Memorial Welcome Center, Travel agency in Baltimore (Maryland)

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This place has a very good rate, they treat their customers well and you’ll feel welcome, super recommended

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Reviews of Crain Memorial Welcome Center

Larry Holcombe

This is a nice rest facility. Lots of good parking close to the building and the facility is well taken care of. There's a very friendly visitor center there also. Rest rooms are very clean.

Jacob Hess

Tidy welcome center with a nice view and space to walk your dog. There is also a store that is open during the day inside the main building.

Mary Ellen Moran

Staff at the center were very helpful and considerate. Our battery died, personnel stayed with us while contacting AAA, very friendly offering coffee and warm place to wait. Just want to say thank you to all of them.

Renee B

I always stop here when I travel from VA to PA. It's a smaller rest stop, but it is clean and well maintained. Nice dog walking area and several picnic tables and trash cans outside of building.

jim walker

Very well maintained for its longevity and quite scenic surrounding.

Gary Connor

Nice facility. Wonderful volunteers with lots of helpful advice. An electric car charging station on site.

KR

Two of the loveliest people helped us and were just wonderful!!! Thank you

Matthew Neal

If it is your first time visiting the state of Maryland and you are traveling on route 301 North then this is a great spot to stop and learn some quick information about Maryland. They have vending machines and restrooms here and not to mention a really cool windmill that helps generate power for the welcome center.

TERRY Reynolds

Very clean and nice staff. Also had two EV charging stations on site. 👍 …

Chip Ballentine

Amazing gift shop with super helpful staff. Browse the free touring materials and get all your travel questions answered. I stop here every trip…even if I know where I’m going and don’t have a question.

Michael Fortenberry

Very friendly staff ready to answer any and all visitor’s questions. The bathrooms are clean and in good working order. Nice visitors center.

Jennifer Battleman

Route 301 is a great way to avoid the mess of I-95, and this little welcome center just over the Nice Bridge on the Maryland side is a nice place to stretch your legs, grab a drink, recharge your electric vehicle, and use the facilities, which are always spotless. Downside is the limited hours of operation. Unlike interstate rest stops, this one is not open 24 hours.

Ken & Heather Smith

Very clean and safe. A good place to stop for bathroom breaks.

Casey O'Rourke

small welcome center at just the right location. one family / handicapped bathroom is available in addition the the men's and women's facilities, and Maryland tourism info

Pam Smith

A welcome spot for a break from the highway. Gift shop, clean restrooms, vending machines, and friendly staff always ready to offer directions to your destination. Dedicated parking for RV and travel trailers.

Jim France

All over this country rest stops are fantastic especially to older people... When I can find them I always thank the people who take care of these places... I usually give them a small tip in appreciation for what they do... Many times I tell these people I wish I was really rich I'd send them to Hawaii in appreciation!! They smile And say they would take the tip to Hawaii...

Donald Hoover

Not a bad place to get a little information and take a break from traveling. Restrooms were mostly clean, better than nothing and the staff tended to be on the rude side. Tho being from the south it may have just been our perception.

Sharyl C. McPhee

This is a Rest Stop and it was exceptionally clean and nice! It's a small one with Vending machines.

Tim Smith

Convenient and clean rest area for folks on MD 301. There are picnic shelters, a dog area and clean indoor restrooms and visitor services.

kim slusar

Great stop and a nice place to walk around and have a picnic.

Eric McKinney

Excellent welcome center. Lots of information and the staff are so friendly!

Peter Doten

Beautiful grounds but the bathrooms were pretty grimey. Access from Southbound 301 was a bit tricky

Musa Sagnia

Nice and clean travel rest area... you learn something about the state

Eric Simms

Great rest stop and can learn alittle history when you stop.

Shannon Blake

Great restroom before going over that scary bridge

Stephen G

A very nice welcome center. Super friendly staff. Restrooms are amount the cleanest on us rt 301. Hardly anyone using this great place.

Marcine Nabb

Very clean but parking is very limited for campers and dog walking is opposite side of trailer parking. If your pup has to go badly and your parked in trailer area then you still have to walk through the area not for dogs and trust me they are not going to make it! Lol. Beautiful place

Donna Coco

Always clean restrooms and beautiful. Always a stop on our travels. Have picnic tables for a picnic lunch. Trees usually block the wind most days. Interesting info inside when open. Love to watch the wind turbine while eating.

Candyse Crow

Clean, plenty of parking, plenty of restroom stalls.

Kitcal

Always clean, after 24 years of stopping, multiple times a year. And a safe rest stop. Staff is very helpful and friendly.

Jennifer Gelman

Not much to say. The bathrooms were clean and well-ventilated. We didn't go into the Welcome Center part of the building.

Mandy Rodrigues

The building was locked & bathrooms closed on 8/28/20 - looked like it's been that way for a while so if you're looking for restrooms don't stop there. There is a decent-sized field behind the building for walking dogs.

JE S

Very friendly and helpful staff. Well stocked with brochures covering eastern Maryland.

Matt Harreld

Welcome center hours don't match what are displayed online.

Cameron Lesniewski

A good place to stop on road trips. The bathrooms could be just a little cleaner, but over all, a good stop.

Michael Gelman

A perfectly placed rest area. Clean, nice views. Has an electric car charger (level 2)

Phil Kraft

Stopped here on way home to Ellicott City. Very nice facility with clean restrooms

Bob

Rest stop open but welcome center is limited days. Sign said find maintenance if you need to use ATM, no maintenance in sight. Halfway clean.

Sheryl Bankston

Friendly, helpful and clean. Great place to stop

Frank H

Be aware - open only 6AM - 6PM. Restrooms and a small, staffed visitor center.

Dave & Cheryl Witherspoon

No bathroom access after closing.

Elle Rose

Great people maning this site... Sharon and Charmaine are the best... Helped me, immensely, during a very stressful situation... They were able to find and point me in the right direction... They went above and beyond the expected.... Thanks Sharon and Charmaine...

Pete/Sue Wilson

A nice place to stop rest rooms, a visitor center, doggie park!

ka do

Very clean, helpful staff.

Tod Runyon

Very helpful staff..absolute a must to stop off going into Maryland and getting travel info. Very clean restrooms, nice quiet area. Very peaceful..nothing like getting off an interstate rest area..much better.

Timothy Haut

A great place to pee, etc. Dated but clean.

Donna Sigler

A very nice and clean Welcome Center, both inside and out. Picked up some lunch at a drive thru and my friend and I say a a picnic table and enjoyed each other's company.

Jackie Colestock

I use this rest stop Everytime I take 301 to or from Virginia. It is easy access and clean. I really hope access to it survives the new bridge design.

Angela Robinson

There were two ladies there at the Rest area.Mary was very nice I don't remember the other lady's name.They gave us directions home.

Donald Hoover

Not the friendliest place we’ve been to, restrooms were okay, but not as well cared for as you would hope.

Mark Haskell

Surprising stop on the way home from a whale watching trip to Quebec. A huge fossilized whale skeleton hangs in the lobby of this modern visitor's center. The rest rooms were clean and there was plenty of parking, including four pull-through spots for RV's. A sign invites guests to bring their picnic inside if it is too hot outside. The lady behind the counter explained the local story of the ancient whale and even gave us a postcard. Much nicer than freeway rest areas, we will make it a point to stop here again.

Denny Dietrich

Just over Patomic River Bridge on Maryland side. Hours 6 to 6. Due to Covid19 only the bathrooms and grounds are open. Visitor Information Center is quite good when it reopens.

Ronald Queen

Nice.place to .stop use.rest room.walk your. Dog take.rest

Avogato1300

Absolutely a clean stop area with plenty of parking. Getting across the road to go south is a little tricky

Nejla Cohen

I stopped in to pick up a few brochures to learn more about what Maryland has to offer. There are many to choose but the staff is very knowledgeable. They can offer insight into local food, shopping and directions.

Mrs. Be

Very clean and well maintained. Sharp right turn off 301.

Mitchellconrem Fresh (FRESH)

Very clean welcome center. Very friendly staff.

Scott Larkin

Quiet, not staffed for visitor center during Covid. Clean restrooms with on site maintenance personnel. No vending machines.

Timothy Toth

Nice, helpful and friendly staff here. Clean restrooms, free charging station for electric cars and a wind turbine. Nice area for pets. Pretty cool!!

Deb M

Nice stop as crossed over into Maryland from Virginia. Clean rest rooms & good pet area to walk the dog. The Information Center closes at 4:30p.

Donnie Sumner

Great place to stop and freshen up

Lucas Haas

I want to give the maintenance crew a big thank you for keeping the facilities clean and in order. This is always a nice rest stop when driving along through MD.

thomas duffy

Very clean and convenient,but the soda machine will rip U OFF.

andy thompson

Has restrooms. Clean. Charger for your electric car. Too bad we don't have an electric car.

Willie Anderson Rd3

Was there to visit for funeral as we lay my father to rest a really beautiful place for veterans to be laid to rest with honors military go all out for the veterans

Jim McDonald

A friend and I went into this clean visitor center and pretended to be from out of state. I asked the lady behind the counter, "If you could only visit one place in Maryland, what would it be?" She told us about several places, "Twin Kiss, right up the street on the left. Point Lookout, at the southern most point of St. Mary's County. Durham Church, in Nanjemoy... many more then ended with Old Town Annapolis." She was nice and very knowledgeable of Maryland, but especially Charles County, which the visitor center was in. The local literature was bountiful and up to date and it's all free. As we walked out with a free map of Maryland, we told her that we were from Charles County and appreciated her knowledge of our county. When we were leaving, we noticed this strange apparatus in the parking lot, with more inspection we figured out, that this was charging port for electric cars. COOL. Nice place to visit

Jay Taffel

Friendly staff. Lots of local brochures.

JC Martinez-Sifre

There may not be many other places one might find that is more suited to have the quintisential stop-and-smell-the-roses experience. On the Maryland side of the Potomac, its facilities are imaculately kept. There are clearly designated areas for pets, smokers and others who have been yearning for miles to stop, though not necessarily to "smell the roses." As a welcome and info center, the library of informational pamphlets stewarded over by, literally, a welcoming staff could imbue one just a few minutes a sense of having paused at a resort's lobby. Finally, barring inclement weather, it would be sad to pass up a free and public engeneered to impart relaxation and respite to shave off a mere few minutes on whichever, longer journey of yours that had your vehicle due to do a lightning round on the potty? Lastly, don't forget to sign the guest book. Each signature continues the case (and, therefore, funding) that it IS serving the public with exellence, and that one would like to see it continue its good work in, G-d willing, perpetuity If so inspired, check "other" in the column of "reason for visit," and writing in the line, "#SmellingTheRosesInMD"

Jonathan Logan

Very scared of the lack of cleanliness of the restrooms. Fortunately we have Lysol wipes for the shoes.

Hitech

Great stop to walk my service Dog Damian.

Julie

Small but tucked back off the road. Nice place to stop and eat out of your packed cooler.

FCA

5 stars for the electric vehicle charging station alone. Kind and helpful lady at the welcome desk gave me maps of the state and other attractions.

Stewart Johnson

Quick rest stop with clean restrooms

Steve Wells

Nice rest area with a very nice staff.

Robert smurf

I drive by...I live near there, but I am pretty sure they are CLOSED now due to New bridge construction . Friendly Volunteer staff WHEN they ate open. Google maps made a Boo Boo

Maria Barratt

Clean and the welcome center is beautiful, very friendly staff

Elizabeth Thomas

Always clean whenever I travel I stop there.

Chris Willis

Has EVSE to recharge electric vehicles. Restrooms only open when visitor center is open. Really should put it on a sign, restrooms only open during hours.

Patrick Peyton

Beautifully kept way station. Full service tourist information center with illuminated displays. Doggie runs, picnic areas, shade 😊 …

Bryan Beyer

A nice quiet place to catch a breather after a long stretch of stop lights and traffic in southeastern Maryland. Good place to enter Maryland, and a great place to leave it.

Susan Mcv

Clean facilities. Very helpful staff.

Sheena Scott

It stayed open reasonable hours for the Holiday Rush. A great place to grab last minute gifts. And a great place to shop overall.

Diane Galbreath

Very clean facility. Variety of vending machines for snacks & drinks. They also provide area maps, sightseeing pamphlets & a gift store.

Rob Borowski

Nice, clean bathrooms..not a bad stop

Michael OBrien

Very good place for a rest stop. It has vending machines for drinks and snacks.

Papa Torr

Pretty nice and convenient for a rest stop

Stephen M. Anderson

Just stopped to check on my AC. Didn't go in. Easy pull in/pull out but not much trailer parking.

Jynette Mead

Clean and safe, just wish it was open all hours for restroom availability. Only open from 6-6

Red Bankston

Super friendly staff that really do know where to stay, dine and play in southern Maryland. Great picnic stop.

Gregory Powell III

They have a nice dog area where you pet can stretch there legs and relax

Alex Schroder

It was pretty empty and the bathroom was clean I was great full for the restroom.

Robert Zorger

The place is very nice we had a good time

Richard Eshelman

Well maintained and staffed. Lots of info and well presented. Clean facilities and snacks available.

Antiques DuJour

Nice clean rest stop with lots of tourist info. Open Christmas day! Thank you!

Kim Graham

They had clean rest rooms and it wasn't crowded.

Heather McGuire

The volunteers/staff that I spoke with were very friendly and informative.

Shepdog Morloxolrom

As far as rest areas go it's nice and clean with a friendly staff.

John Adams

Quiet rest and information stop just over the bridge in Maryland. Accessible in both directions from 301.

Alan Bennett

Nice location, but the bathrooms were closed🤪 …

Kojack1863 (Kojack)

Excellent information center for State of Maryland. Very friendly staff. Clean restrooms.

Michael Litchfield (SuperDeath)

Great place to stop for restroom break. Friendly staff and clean restrooms.

Erin Knowles

This is our favorite rest stop.. everytime we come or go somewhere (south) we have to make this stop!! They have a wooden carousel horse too!!

Carl Corning

Bathrooms were clean. It's a rest stop, what more can you say?

Mark Lee

Good rest stop. Bathrooms and information help. Great for travelers.

Josh Hughes

A decently lit parking area along with clean restrooms and helpful staff during working hours.

Tina Lambert

My family uses this spot to pick up granddaughter. Always clean, seems to be a popular place to meet.

Roland Haines

Nice rest stop! It's even equipped with an electric car charging station.

Michael Dilley

Clean restroom. A bit a history to read about. Vending machines.

aranzo milbourne

Clean rest stop

Chris Petrik

Friendliest staff of any rest stop I have ever been to!!!

Brenna Racquet

nice clean rest stop. Maps are available for those who still like yo use them.

Mary Van De Hey

My favorite rest area/welcome center.

Jamar Summers

Restrooms very clean

John Polen

Right now pretty much deserted. A few cars rearranging things and no one else in sight.

Todd A

Great rest stop, super clean.

Daniel Patton

It's a decent rest stop

Cameron Knight

Clean center, good for stopping and an open parking lot. helpful staff

Hollis Richardson

Bathrooms are super clean. Take time to read the history.

Eugene Mongello

Nice rest stop. Clean and safe

H Sadoff

Clean rest stop with knowledgeable and friendly staff. Small exhibits in the travelers center.

Michelle Y. Green

I stopped there to take a little nap and go to the bathroom. It was a good place to picnic.

DM B (Dave)

Exceptionally clean and pleasant rest stop

rascel 47

Nice quite and clean restroom

Chets Chets

Asked about pulling a larger trailer into lot, staff said no proplem

Royce Raju Beena

Find all tourist info of Maryland, Virginia and DC here . Vending machines parking rest area available

BR Frequent

This was a truly wonderful welcome center with all kinds of great information about Maryland, and a free Maryland State Map!!

Michael Lowe

Nice little rest area. I was pleasantly surprised

Keith Boulware

Staff was very attentive. Display on local Indian tribe was very well done.

Tami Tornado

Clean, well organized, more information than you know what to do with. Enjoy.

Jennifer Cutillo

Very nice and helpful people

Roger Longenbach

Excellent facilities--especially when needed!

Mary Brown

Always clean and location is great.

Kaiser Von Newport

Everyone here is very nice and helpful I stop in probably once a month or so to find new sights in southern Maryland

Jim Woolwine

Always clean.

Chris Onadipe

I appreciate a clean rest stop thumbs up to this place

Joe Brooks

Very pleasant travel advisors

James Schwartz

Clean and comfortable with an extremely professional, friendly staff.

James Dean

Very interesting place and very informative personnel. Would definitely stop there again.

Christina Pompa

Bathrooms are always clean at this rest stop.

Kimberly Leonhardt

Clean restroo.s and KNOWLEDGEABLE staff.

Arnold Gasper

Good place to take a dump.

David Bleakney

Very friendly and informative staff.

Bernadette Hicks

Clean and fresh sent all the time

Matt B

Close early. The one nice thing is this place has EV charging stations.

Joe Scalone

Clean bathrooms! Quick and easy exit and entrance back to 301

Ryan Shoop

Easy access from highway, clean bathrooms, electric car charging station

James Davidson

Place is spotless, grounds well cared for.

Melissa “Missi” Roberts

Beautiful and well cared for. I always stop when passing through.

Philip Livanos

This welcome center is always clean and the staff is friendly and knowledgeable.

Craigslists ID

Well kept rest area and cool looking. Weird setup to get in and out.

Rob R Neale

Speak with Mary, very knowledgeable about MD in general. Ask her about the MD ice cream trail.

Susan Engle

The friendliest and most helpful staff. A wonderful stop on a beautiful day.

Wendy Barbellinni

Most knowledgeable staff Give us directions to go through the back roads due to a really bad car accident on Route 3 and actually it was shorter than us taking Route 3 and 301

mynamerequired

Very clean and welcoming!

Armindo Echevarria

The lady's in the front Desk where extremely NICE.

Timothy Byrd

Clean facility

Patricia Maslen

Clean and good rest stop in your travels.

Dave Miller

Lots of maps and tours brochures clean restrooms and even a staff to help you with questions

Reid Carter

Clean bathrooms and cool gift shop

Deborah Smith Adams

Today was fine, often times they close before the scheduled time

Bonnie Gurbel

Good place to walk your pet before crossing the bridge .

Jennifer K

All kinds of information and super friendly ladies working the desk.

James Falco

Great people work there

Stephanie Turner

Clean restrooms. Open during COVID-19

Gail Enid Walker

Clean and a pleasant experience.

Josef Kramer

Very clean and pleasant rest stop.

Alan Levine

Very well kept. Custodian very friendly.

Wendell Kenney

It had very clean restrooms!

Tony T

Nice and clean. Good break on a long drive.

Dennis L. Stephens

Clean facilities and easy to access going northbound.

Jocelyn Orr-Thompson

Clean, nice, knowledgeable and helpful

Joy French

Place was clean and had easy access.

Rebecca Lee

Clean & well maintained.

Diane Tindall

My favorite stop. Staff is always wonderful and extremely helpful.

Ken S

Plenty of parking, clean restrooms, friendly staff.

Amit Kalarikade

Very clean & quiet place.

Chad Jackson

Good place to start your vacation in Southern Maryland.

Jeff Evans

Clean restrooms with ample RV parking

Rolando Lara

Always there when you needed. Not complaining.

Denise HAPPYGG2021

Convenient, clean, safe and friendly stop.

Sherry Taylor

Nice clean rest stop

Sandra N

Bathrooms were pristine clean

Ross Clemens

Rest area...has shade to park after noon...

Qimmah Gillund

Nice, Clean, Comfortable rest stop

Richard Chamberlain

Safe place to visit, problem is they close at 5pm.

Paul M Compton

NIce rest stop. Helpful with tourist info and directions.

Russell Lundstrum

Huge selection of pamphletsand NPS brochures covering the state.

Tim Kellogg

There was very old and neat things there

TheTravelerItself

Nice place to stop and rest for a bit.

Raymond Fields

Clean and scenic large pet area

Tricia Fulmore

Nice location and clean facility.

Marilyn Burdekin

Small rest area, clean, pet walking area

Karen Goff

Very clean, definately recommend

susan t

Nice rest stop. Check for ticks!

Norma - Missi Carroll

Very helpful and the lady was very pleasant to speak with..

Larry Tedder

Miss the free maps clean and safe

Patti Shaw

Clean rest area

Amber Haiden

Restrooms always closed when I get here

Loretta Michael

The ladies are always so friendly.

Anginelle Coghill

Very clean bathrooms.

Shannon Moskowitz Wade

Friendly and knowledgeable employees

Sean Doughtie

Clean and quiet. Closed at night...

Dan Gattuso

Always clean and rarely crowded

Tony Donato

Great rest stop.

John Sochor

It's a good place to stop.

marty farrell

Clean open and welcoming.

Deb Burned

Clean bathrooms

timmy hensler

Very convenient and easy to get to

Aidan Hall

Quick and neat place to visit.

Dave in Victoria Virginia

Tight access if in an rv

Sean Gallagher

Very friendly gentleman employee there.

John Grocki

Good spot for a pit stop

Diane Succio

It's not opened after 6pm

Prince Agyabeng

The place was neat

Eric Planck

a great rest stop

Craig Mansfield

Clean restrooms and its small.

phyllis

Clean rest room

Fred Pucylowski

When you gotta go you gotta go, nuff said?

Rod Hobbs

It was clean and convenient.

Charles Robinson

Very helpful staff

Mark Kulp

Great place to picnic

Thanh Wisler

Nice place to take a break

Terry Coffin

MD rest area prior to entering VA

Mark DeCampus (Sparky)

Very clean

Vivo Cloudy

Bathrooms close at 6pm😖 …

Valeta Metts

Always nice!

Christopher Brown

Needed cleaned up.

Janet Robinson

Clean and quiet.

Brianna Gladney

Nice

kumba vlogs

Nice and clean

jaime bain

They have a payphone.

Shanequae coleman

Nice and clean

Austin Corbin

Very clean !

tia reynolds

It had a restrooms

Bill O

Clean and quite

Keith Saroka

Nice rest stop

Obx Salvo

Very clean

Aloha Ritch

Clean and convenient

Shi “Shi” Shi

Very clean!

Arthur Baughman

Clean.

Malachi Morgan

Clean and quite.

Stan York

Clean and convenient

Val Badour

Beautiful view

Susan Keophila

Very clean

Irving Jones

Clean!

No Soy Nadie

Clean restroom

Cynthia Wightman

Ok

Dennis Skeenes

Very Clean

Gloria Evans

Wonderful

George Garris

No waiting

Becky I

Clean bathrooms

Candace Crowell

Nice

Tiffany Daniel

Safe travels

Tony Wood

Off the beaten path!!

Jenifer McCarty

Nice

Renee Ramsey

Clean

Ruthie Holmes

Quick easy

Tom Williams

Clean

Phenom “Matt” Blackout

Nice stop!

Edwat Knapp

Good location

alicia smith

Nice views

Wayne Bailey

Informative

ELee

Quick stop and go. Decent bathrooms

Mara Shea

Interesting historical info and good facilities.

Susan Burnsed

(Translation) Yeah (Original) Yehaw

malik Deez

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