- Toilets
- Drinking water
- Shelter
- Accessible toilet
Rest area
Tropic of Capricorn Rest Area
A87 Stuart Highway km 1,461
Tropic of Capricorn Rest Area is a rest area on the Stuart Highway (A87), Northern Territory, Australia. It has toilets, drinking water, a shelter and accessible toilets.
At a glance
- Overnight stay
- 24 hours (policy)
- Toilets
- Yes
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Truck parking
- Not recorded
- Dump point
- Not recorded
Facilities
- Toilets
- Drinking water
- 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
- Rest area near Alice Springs Inland Dragway 41 km
- Next toilets
- Mt Polhill Rest Area 90 km
- Next drinking water on record
- Desert Oaks Rest Area 197 km
- Next truck parking
- Rest area on Stuart Highway 249 km
Towards Darwin
- Next stop
- Connors Well 63 km
- Next toilets
- Prowse Gap 116 km
- Next drinking water on record
- Ryan Well Historical Reserve 94 km
- Next truck parking
- Prowse Gap 116 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
- Rest area near Alice Springs Inland Dragway Rest area · 39 km
- Connors Well Rest area · 62 km
- Rest area on Larapinta Drive Rest area · 77 km
- Mueller Creek Rest area · 77 km
- Mt Polhill Rest Area Rest area · 79 km
- Ryan Well Historical Reserve Rest area · 93 km
Where this information comes from
- Location and map features: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- Directory updated 27 September 2026.
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