North Country Welcome Center

Perhaps The Best Welcome Center / Rest Area in New York State! Extremely clean and very beautiful. Ideal location to stop upon entering United States 🇺🇸 or leaving for Canada 🇨🇦.

Exceptional children play area; EV charging for vehicles 🚗 and very clean restrooms. Interactive screens and maps provide quality information about Thousands Islands and Watertown, NY.

Super clean; reasonably priced food, good selection of local goods. Outdoor kids play area. Great rest stop location!!

More new welcome centre. Super friendly and knowledgeable staff.

A beautiful place full of authentic NYS products. I sampled the locally sourced bourbon maple syrup!!! Staff are extremely pleasant. Building was very clean.

Beautiful welcome center. Nice displays inside to check out. Small play area for the kids to have fun. Motorcycle shelter to get the bikes out of the rain. Clean bathrooms. Small eatery to get some food and drink.

Electric vehicle charging (if you have chademo or ccs) available. The coffee shop and foods are incredible. The ladies at the info desk are friendly and helpful.

This is more than a rest area! We sometimes ride our bikes to the Welcome Center (we have a summer cottage nearby). It's a very pleasant environment with local goods for sale. They also have lots of video and other information about things to see and do all over New York State. Plus a large screen with an overview of New York State places to visit. From the visitor center parking area you can also walk to where you can walk over the Thousand Islands Bridge.

This is my go-to rest stop in the area as it's 24hrs. Always feel safe and secure as a solo traveler. Cleanliness is always on point and adds to the beautiful ambience. Great interactive screens to figure out what's good in the area.

Tip: take a short drive down the road to Clayton if you have a little time to check out a super cute, SMALL town right on the water with great views.

We love this place! The building itself is gorgeous! It is like a mini museum inside! We love the interactive touchscreen displays too. Bathrooms are sparkling clean and very modern. The store is an absolute gem! They sell all NY state made products. A large variety in a small area. Staff is always nice and friendly! This is a highly recommended stop!

Great offerings for NYS made foods and beverages. Clean restrooms, quiet place to rest