Granite Vale is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Granite Vale had "no people or a very low population".

Geography

The locality is bounded by the ridge of the Hervey Range () 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 a national park of the United States 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 lef ...

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

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. 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

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(). The land use is predominantly

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on native vegetation.

History

The locality was named and bounded on 27 July 1991.

Demographics

In the , Granite Vale had "no people or a very low population". In the , Granite Vale had "no people or a very low population".

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

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in Condon to the north-east.

References

{{Suburbs of Townsville City of Townsville Localities in Queensland