Thinking back----
In '75 I was headed through Ohio on my new '75 Electra-Glide in the early afternoon and a rainstorm was quickly approaching.


I decided to use some common sense (and not ride through the rainstorm) so I pulled off the highway and onto the right hand shoulder under an overpass.


As the rain started I could tell that it was not going to end quickly so I climbed across the guard rail and laid down (with jacket and helmet) on the steep inclined area of the overpass.


I was rudely awakened by two Deputy Sheriffs that just wanted to make sure that I was OK and not dead!
My problem (at that time) was that I had something in my saddlebags that, while not really illegal, I would have probably had to answer a lot of questions if they had asked to search my bike (as was common back in those days).


From that experience I will suggest this: If you're planning on sleeping in a roadside park, in a rest area, or under a bridge.....be sure that you are "legit" because you will get attention, and sometimes that ain't a good thing!

 

How about a movie theater if it's raining. You could have a warm, dry snooze, just don't pick a loud action movie

 

Isn't a rest area for getting some rest? Big difference between camping and taking a nap for a few hours right? I would grab a picnic table and have at it day or night if I needed a nap to keep going. The truck stop is the next best place if I couldn't find a rest area. Bad weather is a different story! Then I would pick the truck stop and hang out till safe to move on. As long as you can pay for something you aren't loitering right? Lol have fun with it and be safe

 

Any church parking lot. Any truck stop just walk in to the truckers tv room like you have been there before and take a nap trust me you will not be the only one taking a nap. Ride safe and have fun

 

Most Harley dealerships have nice waiting rooms or lounges, and free coffee when you wake up.

 

Good one I have spent time waiting for friends to get off work at the dealership and was more than welcome by the staff. Could have taken a quick nap in the chair if I didn't snore so loud lol

 

Maybe you need to invest in a small pop up tent and stay at campgrounds,usually cheap,got restrooms and showers and safe.

 

If you come through Seattle you can pretty much set up camp anywhere within city limits. Pitch a tent and very thing.

 

If you just need to get out of the mid-day heat or just chill (the other way,) but don't necessarily need a nap, almost every town has a library. Quiet, usually air conditioned, drinking fountain, WiFi, comfy chairs for reading.

 

Wow, I've been really surprized by all the variety in these answers. Some really good ideas, and a few that just aren't for me (big pass on the isolated industrial park, LOL). Trucker lounges, a city park, and the library all sound pretty good to me.