Location of Mount Dare Hotel
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Finke (Aputula), 86.03kms SE (841kms, 17hrs 57mins driving)

From
Oodnadatta, 165.74kms N (260kms, 5hrs 26mins driving)

From
Santa Teresa, 233.1kms S (1
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Description of Mount Dare Hotel
Mt Dare Hotel is situated on the western edge of
the Simpson Desert just 10km south of the
Northern Territory border. The Hotel offers travellers food, water, fuel, bottled gas, postal services, some mechanical and tyre repairs, public phone and internet, tourist information and
Desert Parks Pass, toilets, showers and
camping facilities and is a great spot to freshen up and relax, have a nice
cold drink or stay over night.
PMB 267,
Alice Springs, NT 0872
Phone: (08) 8670 7835
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Weather & Climate for Mount Dare Hotel
Closest Weather Station
Oodnadatta at 22:30 21 Nov CDT
Distance from Mount Dare Hotel 166.33km S
| Temperature | Feels Like | Rel. Humidity | Dew Point | Pressure | Rainfall | Wind Direction | Wind Speed | Gusts |
| 17.2°C |
11.8°C |
81% |
13.9°C |
1010.4hPa |
20.2mm |
SW |
35km/h 19knots |
44km/h 24knots |
Closest Climatic Station
Oodnadatta Airport
Distance from Mount Dare Hotel 166.33km S
| | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Mean Max. °C |
37.7 | 36.6 | 33.7 | 28.5 |
23.2 | 19.9 | 19.5 | 22.0 |
26.5 | 30.2 | 33.8 | 36.4 |
| Mean Min. °C |
22.8 | 22.3 | 19.2 | 14.4 |
9.8 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 7.4 |
11.4 | 15.0 | 18.5 | 21.2 |
| Mean Rain mm |
24.6 | 32.2 | 12.3 | 11.2 |
12.8 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 7.8 |
9.3 | 14.1 | 11.3 | 16.5 |
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Treks passing Mount Dare Hotel
Mt Dare to Oodnadatta via Dalhousie
This trek provides an easy opportunity to access Dalhousie Springs, one of the main icons of the Simpson Desert without a significant detour if touring between South Australia and the Red Centre.
Old Andado Track
The Old Andado Track traverses fascinating terrain that includes mountain ranges, rocky gibber plains, desert sand dunes and floodplains in the Red Centre just south of Alice Springs.
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Simpson Desert via Geosurveys Hill
From the stone workings of our ancient aboriginal past to the routes undertaken for the old oil exploration surveys, this very remote one-way trek starting at Mount Dare to Birdsville is for experienced desert travellers ONLY.
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