Mt Polhill Rest Area

Name: Mt Polhill Rest Area
Address: Northern Territory, AU

A87 Stuart Highway km 1,551

Mt Polhill Rest Area is a rest area on the Stuart Highway (A87), Northern Territory, Australia. It has toilets, barbecues, a shelter and accessible toilets.

At a glance

Overnight stay: 24 hours (policy)
Toilets: Yes
Drinking water: Not recorded
Truck parking: Not recorded
Dump point: Not recorded

Facilities

Toilets
Barbecue
Shelter
Accessible toilet

Can I stay overnight here?

Northern Territory: Many rest stops are labelled either "24 hour overnight camping allowed" or "camping not permitted"; NT policy limits stays to 24 hours.

Signs at a rest area always override the general rule. Full rules and sources →

Along the Stuart Highway

Towards Port Augusta

Next stop: Finke River Rest Area 66 km
Next toilets: Finke River Rest Area 66 km
Next drinking water on record: Desert Oaks Rest Area 107 km
Next truck parking: Rest area on Stuart Highway 159 km

Towards Darwin

Next stop: Rest area near Alice Springs Inland Dragway 49 km
Next toilets: Tropic of Capricorn Rest Area 90 km
Next drinking water on record: Tropic of Capricorn Rest Area 90 km
Next truck parking: Prowse Gap 206 km

Counts only stops a driver going that way can pull into, and only facilities recorded in our data; there may be others. Stuart Highway rest areas →

Nearby stops

Mueller Creek Rest area · 33 km
Rest area on Larapinta Drive Rest area · 33 km
Rest area near Alice Springs Inland Dragway Rest area · 48 km
Finke River Rest Area Rest area · 59 km
Tropic of Capricorn Rest Area Rest area · 79 km
Palmer River Bridge Truck Parking Bay Truck bay · 80 km

Where this information comes from

Directory updated 27 September 2026.

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