Granite Vale is a rural locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Granite Vale had a population of 0 people.[1]

Granite Vale Queensland
Granite Vale
Coordinates	19.5805°S 146.6399°E / -19.5805; 146.6399 (Granite Vale (centre of locality))
Population	0 (2016 census)[1]
• Density	0.0000/km2 (0.0000/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4815
Elevation	60–610 m (197–2,001 ft)
Area	458.7 km2 (177.1 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	33.8 km (21 mi) SSW of Condon 38.0 km (24 mi) SSW of Kirwan 53.6 km (33 mi) SSW of Townsville CBD 1,388 km (862 mi) NNW of Brisbane
LGA(s)	City of Townsville
State electorate(s)	Burdekin Thuringowa
Federal division(s)	Kennedy
Suburbs around Granite Vale: Alice River Pinnacles Barringha Hervey Range Granite Vale Woodstock Dotswood Reid River Calcium

Geography

The locality is bounded by the ridge of the Hervey Range (19.6°S 146.55°E / -19.6; 146.55 (Hervey Range)) to the west.[3] The land falls steeply from the western ridge from 610 metres (2,000 ft) above sea level towards the east down to 70 metres (230 ft) above sea level.[4] There are a number of named peaks in the locality (from north to south):

• Wild Horse Mountain (19.4327°S 146.6058°E / -19.4327; 146.6058 (Wild Horse Mountain)) at 508 metres (1,667 ft) above sea level[5][4]
• Wallaroo Hill (19.5286°S 146.6530°E / -19.5286; 146.6530 (Wallaroo Hill)) at 251 metres (823 ft) above sea level[6][4]
• Springs Hill (19.5556°S 146.6863°E / -19.5556; 146.6863 (Springs Hill)) at 290 metres (950 ft) above sea level[4]
• Pepper Pot Mountain (19.5601°S 146.6632°E / -19.5601; 146.6632 (Pepper Pot Mountain)) at 525 metres (1,722 ft) above sea level[4]
• Ross River Mountain (19.6108°S 146.6768°E / -19.6108; 146.6768 (Ross River Mountain)) at 589 metres (1,932 ft) above sea level[4]
• Gibraltar (19.6166°S 146.6°E / -19.6166; 146.6 (Gibraltar)) at 465 metres (1,526 ft) above sea level[7][4]
• Peach Hollow Knobs (19.6613°S 146.5947°E / -19.6613; 146.5947 (Peach Hollow Knobs)) at 601 metres (1,972 ft) above sea level[8][4]

There is a small section of the Pinnacles National Park in the north-west of the locality but most of the national park is in the neighbouring locality of Hervey Range. There is a small section of the Mingela State Forest in the south-east of the locality but the forest is predominantly in neighbouring Calcium.[4]

Settlement Pocket is a neighbourhood in the centre of the locality (19.5833°S 146.65°E / -19.5833; 146.65 (Settlement Pocket)) near Settlement Creek.[9]

Peach Hollow is a neighbourhood in the south of the locality (19.65°S 146.6333°E / -19.65; 146.6333 (Peach Hollow)) near the Reid River.[10]

The Springs is a natural spring (19.5333°S 146.7°E / -19.5333; 146.7 (The Springs)).[11]

The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation.[4][12]

History

The locality was named and bounded on 27 July 1991.[2]

In the 2016 census, Granite Vale had a population of 0 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Granite Vale. The nearest primary school is The Willows State School in Kirwan to the north-east. The nearest secondary school is Thuringowa State High School in Condon to the north-east.[4]

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