Granite Vale, Queensland

Granite Vale is a rural locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, 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 (-19.6°N, 146.55°W) to the west. The land falls steeply from the western ridge from 610 m above sea level towards the east down to 70 m above sea level. There are a number of named peaks in the locality (from north to south):


 * Wild Horse Mountain (-19.4327°N, 146.6058°W) at 508 m above sea level
 * Wallaroo Hill (-19.5286°N, 146.653°W) at 251 m above sea level
 * Springs Hill (-19.5556°N, 146.6863°W) at 290 m above sea level
 * Pepper Pot Mountain (-19.5601°N, 146.6632°W) at 525 m above sea level
 * Ross River Mountain (-19.6108°N, 146.6768°W) at 589 m above sea level
 * Gibraltar (-19.6166°N, 146.6°W) at 465 m above sea level
 * Peach Hollow Knobs (-19.6613°N, 146.5947°W) at 601 m above sea level

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.

Settlement Pocket is a neighbourhood in the centre of the locality (-19.5833°N, 146.65°W) near Settlement Creek.

Peach Hollow is a neighbourhood in the south of the locality (-19.65°N, 146.6333°W) near the Reid River.

The Springs is a natural spring (-19.5333°N, 146.7°W).

The land use is predominantly grazing 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 Thuringowa State High School in Condon to the north-east.