Rest area near Atherton is a rest area on the Kennedy Highway (1) near Atherton, Queensland, Australia. It has truck parking. There are no toilets, drinking water, a dump point, picnic tables or a shelter.
At a glance
- Overnight stay
- 20 hours
- Toilets
- No
- Drinking water
- No
- Truck parking
- Yes
- Dump point
- No
Facilities
- Truck parking
Not available here
- No toilets
- No drinking water
- No dump point
- No picnic tables
- No shelter
Can I stay overnight here?
Queensland: You may stay up to 20 hours in any 24-hour period at a rest area, unless signs say otherwise.
Signs at a rest area always override the general rule. Full rules and sources →
Along the Kennedy Highway
Towards Forty Mile
- Next stop
- Rotary Park 1.6 km
- Next toilets
- Rotary Park 1.6 km
- Next drinking water on record
- Rotary Park 1.6 km
- Next truck parking
- Rotary Park 1.6 km
Towards Cairns
- Next stop
- Rest area near Atherton 0.2 km
- Next toilets
- Rocky Creek War Memorial Park 8.5 km
- Next drinking water on record
- None recorded
- Next truck parking
- Rest area near Atherton 0.2 km
Counts only stops a driver going that way can pull into, and only facilities recorded in our data; there may be others. Kennedy Highway rest areas →
Nearby stops
- Rest area near Atherton Rest area · 0.1 km
- Rotary Park Rest area · 1.5 km
- Rotaract Park Rest area · 2 km
- Lions Pk Rest area · 2.4 km
- Platypus Park Rest area · 3.3 km
- Rest area near Nyleta Rest area · 4.6 km
Where this information comes from
- Facilities: Department of Transport and Main Roads (Qld) (data as of 5 August 2021). CC BY 3.0 AU
- Directory updated 27 September 2026.
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