Camping on the Atherton Tablelands

The Atherton Tablelands inland of Cairns: Atherton, Mareeba, Yungaburra, Malanda, Kuranda and Ravenshoe.

Camping on the Atherton Tablelands, Queensland: 82 campsites (5 tagged free), 25 caravan parks and 11 named 4WD tracks from OpenStreetMap.

Place data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Data refreshed 26 Oct 2026. Attributions

82 campsites, 5 tagged free, 25 caravan parks, 10 rest areas and 11 named 4WD tracks. These counts are what OpenStreetMap records in this region.

Campsites on the Atherton Tablelands

  • Tamarind Gardens Tourist ParkAlmaden · 7.8 km · Paid · Toilets
  • Old Mates FarmAtherton · 10 km · Paid
  • Brodies CampBulleringa · 8.5 km
  • Old Cairns TrackButchers Creek · 2.1 km
  • Scardons Top Camp MineCalcifier Garden · 14 km
  • Tully Gorge Camping AreaCardstone · 10 km
  • Carter Creek camping areaCardstone Village (Historic) · 6.2 km
  • Cochable Creek camping areaCardstone Village (Historic) · 2.1 km
  • CampsiteChillagoe · 218 m
  • Chillagoe Observatory & Eco LodgeChillagoe · 812 m

And 72 more recorded.

Free camping on the Atherton Tablelands

  • Eureka CreekDimbulah · 8.4 km · Free
  • Junction Rest AreaForty Mile · 19 km · Free · Toilets
  • Irvinebank TavernIrvinebank · 145 m · Free
  • Davies Creek CampgroundMareeba · 16 km · Free · Toilets
  • Rocky Creek War Memorial ParkTolga · 5.2 km · Free · Toilets

Caravan parks on the Atherton Tablelands

  • Kydobi Country ParkBiboohra · 2.9 km · Paid · Toilets
  • Big4 Cairns Crystal Cascades Holiday ParkCairns · 8.1 km · Paid
  • Cool Waters Holiday ParkCairns · 7.1 km
  • Crystal Cascades Holiday ParkCairns · 8.1 km · Paid
  • Chillagoe Tourist VillageChillagoe · 249 m
  • Eco Park and ObservatoryChillagoe · 758 m
  • Copperfield LodgeEinasleigh · 387 m
  • Kuranda Rainforest Accommodation ParkKuranda · 805 m
  • Lake Placid Tourist ParkKuranda · 6.9 km
  • Malanda Falls Caravan ParkMalanda · 887 m

And 15 more recorded.

Rest areas on the Atherton Tablelands

  • Eureka CreekDimbulah · 8.4 km
  • Forty Mile Scrub Rest AreaForty Mile · 17 km
  • Rest areaForty Mile · 15 km
  • Rest areaGordonvale · 20 km
  • Rest areaGordonvale · 19 km
  • Rest areaGunnawarra · 15 km
  • Rest areaGunnawarra · 14 km
  • Archer Creek Rest AreaMillstream · 7.9 km
  • Rest areaMutchilba · 82 m
  • Rest areaYungaburra · 10 km

Drinking water on the Atherton Tablelands

  • Water fountainKuranda · 7.7 km

4WD tracks on the Atherton Tablelands

  • Allen Roadextreme · 2.4 km · Tumoulin
  • Blue Hills Trackextreme · 2.6 km · Mount Surprise
  • Coolabbi Trackextreme · 2.0 km · Ravenshoe
  • Fornier Southern Breakextreme · 2.2 km · Herberton
  • Greasy Roadextreme · 18 km · Wairuna
  • Jump Up Trackextreme · 3.9 km · Talaroo
  • Leaky Dam Trackextreme · 1.6 km · Herberton
  • Link Trackextreme · 411 m · Herberton
  • Mount Edith Roadextreme · 8.8 km · Gordonvale
  • Power Line Accessextreme · 6.6 km · Herberton

And 1 more recorded.

36 drinking-water points are recorded without a name of their own, so they stay in the count and do not get a URL.

3 dump points are recorded without a name of their own, so they stay in the count and do not get a URL.

16 unnamed 4WD ways in this region are not listed individually.