Cairns to Cooktown with a caravan or motorhome
Cairns to Cooktown runs 328 km from Cairns to Cooktown. With a car and caravan, you're looking at 5 h 25 min behind the wheel. Our map shows it sealed the whole way.
We planned it on Motocamp's own router for a car and caravan and for a motorhome, at the sizes in the table below, so every number here comes from a real plan, not a guess.
The stops: Cairns · Mareeba · Lakeland · Cooktown
Is Cairns to Cooktown OK for a car and caravan?
Yes, on our plan. It gets through for a car and caravan without using a road signed too low, too short or closed to caravans. Here's what to keep an eye on.
- 2 km of it is steeper than 8%. The steepest kilometre is about 8% uphill on Mulligan Highway, at km 163.
- Road reports change daily out here. Motocamp checks Queensland Transport and Main Roads for the day you travel.
The plan, rig by rig
| Car and caravan | Motorhome | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 328 km | 328 km |
| Driving time | 5 h 25 min | 5 h 5 min |
| Unsealed | none | none |
| Steeper than 8% | 2 km | 2 km |
| Total climb | 2,061 m | 2,061 m |
| Longest gap between fuel | 83 km | 83 km |
| Signed limits it goes round | 0 | 0 |
| Planned at | 3.1 m high, 14.3 m long and 6.8 t | 3.7 m high, 10 m long and 8.7 t |
Towns on the way
Caravan parks on the way
- Mindarra Holiday Village · km 0
- First City Caravilla · km 1
- Cool Waters Holiday Park · km 5
- Lake Placid Tourist Park · km 18
- Kuranda Rainforest Accommodation Park · km 27
- Trinity Plains Caravan Park · km 59
- Riverside Caravan Park · km 63
- Kydobi Country Park · km 75
- Mount Carbine Caravan Park · km 134
- Lakeland Caravan Park · km 249
- Big4 Cooktown Holiday Caravan Park · km 327
- Cooktown Orchid Caravan Park · km 328
- and 3 more in the app
National park and other campgrounds
- The Billabong Kuranda · km 31
- Speewah Camping Area · km 33
- Lower Davies Creek Camping Area · km 49
- Mareeba Lions Park · km 61
- Birds on Barron · km 72
- Rifle Creek Rest Area · km 105
- Palmer River Roadhouse · km 218
- Little Annan River Rest Area · km 300
- The Lions Den Hotel · km 301
- Helenvale Farm - Van Stay · km 301 · fees apply
- and 4 more in the app
Rest areas
- Cairns Esplanade · km 1 · toilets · water
- Motorist and Heavy Vehicle Rest Area (shared) with facilities · km 5 · toilets · water
- Lions Park · km 63 · water
- Ralph Leinster park · km 65 · water
- lighthouse mountain · km 112
- front of mt carbine service station · km 134
- palmer river road house · km 218 · toilets · water
- Lakeland roadhouse · km 249 · water
- Big Annan River · km 321
- Keable Park (lions park) · km 326 · water
- and 8 more in the app
Dump points
- at Trinity Plains Caravan Park · km 59
- at Rifle Creek Rest Area rest area · km 105
Fuel stops
- Caltex · km 0
- Coles Express Shell · km 0
- Ampol · km 1
- Coles Express · km 2
- Mobil · km 2
- Edge Hill Service Station · km 4
- Puma · km 56
- Marano's Fuel · km 67
- Mount Carbine Roadhouse · km 134
- Caltex Cooktown · km 328
- and 7 more in the app
Plan this trip for your own rig
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Tell Motocamp what you drive, from an enduro bike to a 25-foot off-road caravan or a 10-metre motorhome, and it plans this trip for that vehicle: the roads it fits, the low bridges and closed roads to steer clear of, and places to stay on the way. The maps keep working where there's no signal.
Plan this trip for your own rig Already have Motocamp AUS? Open it hereCamps, fuel and road limits come from OpenStreetMap and state agencies, and some can be missing or out of date. Distances are along our plan. Always go by the signs on the road.