Granite Vale is a rural

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

in the

City of Townsville The City of Townsville is a local government area (LGA) located in North Queensland, Australia. It encompasses the city of Townsville, together with the surrounding rural areas, to the south are the communities of Alligator Creek, Woodstock an ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...

, Australia. In the , Granite Vale had a population of 0 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded by the ridge of the

Hervey Range The Hervey Range is a large mountain range about north of Townsville, in Queensland, Australia. It is one of the highest peaks in the Townsville region and is also the location of the Herveys Range Heritage Tea Rooms. The highest point of the ...

() to the west. The land falls steeply from the western ridge from above sea level towards the east down to above sea level. There are a number of named peaks in the locality (from north to south): * Wild Horse Mountain () at above sea level * Wallaroo Hill () at above sea level *Springs Hill () at above sea level *Pepper Pot Mountain () at above sea level *Ross River Mountain () at above sea level * Gibraltar () at above sea level *Peach Hollow Knobs () at above sea level There is a small section of the

Pinnacles National Park Pinnacles National Park is an American national park protecting a mountainous area located east of the Salinas Valley in Central California, about east of Soledad and southeast of San Jose. The park's namesakes are the eroded leftovers of t ...

in the north-west of the locality but most of the national park is in the neighbouring locality of

. 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 Calcium is a chemical element with the symbol Ca and atomic number 20. As an alkaline earth metal, calcium is a reactive metal that forms a dark oxide-nitride layer when exposed to air. Its physical and chemical properties are most similar t ...

. Settlement Pocket is a neighbourhood in the centre of the locality () near Settlement Creek. Peach Hollow is a neighbourhood in the south of the locality () near the Reid River. The Springs is a

natural spring A spring is a point of exit at which groundwater from an aquifer flows out on top of Earth's crust (pedosphere) and becomes surface water. It is a component of the hydrosphere. Springs have long been important for humans as a source of fres ...

(). The land use is predominantly

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ...

on native vegetation.

History

The locality was named and bounded on 27 July 1991. In the , Granite Vale had a population of 0 people.

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 Thuringowa State High School is a high school located in Australia and specifically situated in the City of Townsville, North Queensland in the suburb of Condon. Thuringowa High opened in 1987 with year 8, 9 and 11 students, and offers program ...

in Condon to the north-east.

References

{{Suburbs of Townsville City of Townsville Localities in Queensland