• 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 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

Where this information comes from

  • Location and map features: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • Directory updated 27 September 2026.

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