- Toilets
- Shelter
- Truck parking
- Accessible toilet
Rest area
Cowan Rest Area
M1 Pacific Highway Northbound km 868
Cowan Rest Area is a rest area on the Pacific Highway (M1), New South Wales, Australia. It serves northbound traffic. It has toilets, truck parking, a shelter and accessible toilets.
At a glance
- Toilets
- Yes
- Drinking water
- Not recorded
- Truck parking
- Yes
- Dump point
- Not recorded
Facilities
- Toilets
- Truck parking
- Shelter
- Accessible toilet
- Rubbish bins
Can I stay overnight here?
New South Wales: The NSW Government says you must not camp in rest areas; no maximum stay is published. Stop to rest when tired and follow the signs.
Signs at a rest area always override the general rule. Full rules and sources →
Along the Pacific Highway
Towards Sydney
- Next stop
- None recorded
- Next toilets
- None recorded
- Next drinking water on record
- None recorded
- Next truck parking
- None recorded
Towards Brisbane
- Next stop
- Mooney Mooney Point Rest Area 10 km
- Next toilets
- Mooney Mooney Point Rest Area 10 km
- Next drinking water on record
- Ourimbah Rest Area 44 km
- Next truck parking
- Hawkesbury River Stopping Bay 10 km
Counts only stops a driver going that way can pull into, and only facilities recorded in our data; there may be others. Pacific Highway rest areas →
Nearby stops
- Mooney Mooney Point Rest Area Rest area · 9.3 km
- Rest area near Galston Gorge Rest area · 9.4 km
- Hawkesbury River Stopping Bay Truck bay · 9.6 km
- Deerubbun Reserve Rest Area Rest area · 9.7 km
- Hawkesbury Rest Area Southbound Rest area · 9.8 km
- 7-Eleven Service centre · 22 km
Where this information comes from
- Location and map features: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- Facilities: Transport for NSW (data as of 24 August 2026). CC BY 4.0
- Directory updated 27 September 2026.
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