Park Equipment
Picnic tables are a staple for outdoor spaces, providing a comfortable seat and table and a durable place to gather. Pilot Rock offers a wide selection of weather resistant outdoor picnic tables, including wooden picnic benches, plastic picnic tables, and metal picnic tables, all built to withstand public and commercial use. Whether you need a composite picnic table for low-maintenance durability, a park picnic table for municipal spaces, or a lightweight aluminum picnic table for easy mobility, we have the perfect option.
Designed and manufactured in the USA by R.J. Thomas Mfg. Co. since 1959, Pilot Rock picnic tables come in round, square, and rectangular designs with portable or stationary models. Many options are also wheelchair accessible or built for extreme load capacity. Find the right picnic table to enhance your park, school, business, or backyard and enjoy the outdoors with Pilot Rock.
Pilot Rock also offers ADA-accessible picnic tables and snow load/extreme load picnic tables.
Ensuring accessibility in public spaces is essential, and ADA-accessible picnic tables from Pilot Rock make it easy for everyone to enjoy outdoor gatherings. Designed to accommodate wheelchair users, these tables meet ADA guidelines for knee and toe clearance, allowing for comfortable and inclusive seating. Whether for parks, campgrounds, schools, patios, or other public spaces, our wheelchair-accessible picnic tables ensure that no one is left out.
Pilot Rock offers handicap-accessible picnic tables in a variety of shapes, sizes, and materials, including wood, metal, plastic, and aluminum. Choose from portable or stationary designs, with rectangular, round, or square configurations to fit your landscape or commercial setting. Built for durability and long-term use, these tables provide reliable and inclusive seating for outdoor and indoor spaces.
Made in the USA by R.J. Thomas Mfg. Co. since 1959, our accessibility-focused picnic tables are a key part of the Pilot Rock product line.
Most Pilot Rock park picnic table kits are available as picnic table frames only, providing a cost-effective and customizable solution. You supply the top and seats, while we provide the heavy-duty steel frame picnic table structure, complete with all necessary braces (specific to each design) and fasteners for easy attachment.
By choosing a picnic table kit, you can lower freight costs by sourcing your own lumber while still benefiting from a sturdy, long-lasting metal picnic table frame. Our picnic table frames are built from durable materials, ensuring strength and stability for both adult and kids' picnic tables.
Each kit includes:
A heavy-duty steel frame picnic table structure for long-term outdoor use.
Pre-drilled holes and clear assembly instructions for accurate tabletop and seat placement.
A cost-saving option that allows you to customize the seating and tabletop material to match your needs.
With a metal picnic table frame from Pilot Rock, you get the durability and quality of a professional park picnic table while maintaining flexibility and affordability.
These Pilot Rock brand picnic tables have been designed to withstand high elevation snow loads as well as other extreme weight loads. They have been tested by an independent lab and by a state university. The testing results prove these steel frame tables are capable of withstanding weight loads up to 1420 lbs. per square foot. In order to achieve this weight rating, these steel frame tables must be equipped with our V-Type expanded steel or H-Type perforated steel top and seat structures.
We also have a recycled plastic A-frame style picnic table, with steel bracing, that has been load tested to over 500 lbs. per sq. foot without failure.
Maybe it doesn't snow where you are? Just think how well these tables will withstand the public exposure in your parks, campgrounds, recreation centers and on the school campus!
Made in the USA by R.J. Thomas Mfg. Co. since 1959.
For Information on standard Picnic Tables click here.
For information on Wheelchair Accessible Picnic Tables click here.
Utility Tables and grill tables are a popular enhancement to picnic areas and camp sites. They provide a work area so the nearby picnic table can be kept clean and used for other activities. Pilot Rock Utility Tables and grill tables are available in a variety of designs, sizes and materials.
The ULT Series is an all steel, easy to maintain work table. It is popular for individual campsites, especially in hunting and fishing areas. Our other Utility Tables ... the APTX Series, the XTX Series and the T700 Series are designed to coordinate with similar picnic tables. These Utility Tables provide a work area and prep area large enough for several people at the same time. Perfect for group areas and shelter houses.
Made in the USA by R.J. Thomas Mfg. Co. since 1959.
Over 65 Years of Service to the Business of Recreation!
R.J. Thomas Mfg. Co. Inc. has been designing and manufacturing Pilot Rock® park equipment to be your best value in park, street, and campsite furnishings since 1959 in Cherokee, Iowa. We celebrated our 65th anniversary in 2024. We've combined innovative design, top quality construction, and competitive prices into an unbeatable combination that the park user, the park manager, and the landscape designer will appreciate and enjoy. Our commercial duty equipment is designed to withstand both use and abuse by man and nature.
Pilot Rock® park, street, and campsite products have also been designed for safety, comfort, and convenience to make the outdoor experience more enjoyable for the facility manager and user. You will find Pilot Rock® in use by city, county, state, and federal parks; public and private campgrounds; amusement parks; recreational areas; military MWR operations; businesses; homeowner associations; schools; churches; private individuals throughout the U.S.; and in many other countries.
Our attention to detail and dedication to quality sets Pilot Rock® Park, Street, and Camp Site Products apart. We give extraordinary consideration to the needs of the facility manager. Durable materials and quality craftsmanship ensure long-lasting products capable of withstanding hard use and vandalism. Structural details and connecting assemblies are precision engineered for easy assembly and theft prevention. All materials are treated or finished to provide easy maintenance and to resist the elements. A full complement of designs and options are offered to allow customized tailoring of equipment to specific needs, locations, and designs.