Mount Stuart, Queensland

This article is about the mountain overlooking Townsville. For the one in Central Australia, see Central Mount Stuart.

Mount Stuart
Mount Stuart, overlooking Townsville, Queensland.
Highest point
Elevation	584 m (1,916 ft)
Coordinates	19°20′S 146°46′E / 19.333°S 146.767°E / -19.333; 146.767
Geography
Location	Queensland, Australia
Climbing
Easiest route	Bitumen road.

Mount Stuart is located in Queensland, Australia, overlooking Townsville with an elevation of 584 metres.

It was named for Clarendon Stuart (1833–1912), from 1859 Townsville's first district surveyor.^[1]

Mount Stuart is used for commercial and ABC Queensland television transmission, it was also used as a Bureau of Meteorology radar station until late 2011, where it was moved to Hervey Range.

Mount Stuart overlooks Townsville's Lavarack Barracks a major military base, which consists of 1 RAR, 2 RAR, 3 RAR, 2 CAV, 3/4 CAV, 3 CER, 1 MP Bn, 3 CSSB amongst others.

Mount Stuart is a popular outdoor recreational area, including trail running, mountain biking and rock climbing. Mount Stuart climbing guide

References

↑ http://queenslandplaces.com.au/stuart

Coordinates: 19°20′S 146°46′E / 19.333°S 146.767°E / -19.333; 146.767

Suburbs of Townsville, North Queensland, Queensland

Urban	Aitkenvale Annandale Belgian Gardens Bohle Bohle Plains Castle Hill Cluden Condon Cranbrook Currajong Douglas Garbutt Gulliver Heatley Hermit Park Hyde Park Idalia James Cook University Kelso Kirwan Lavarack Army Barracks Mount Louisa Mount St John Mount Stuart Mundingburra Murray Mysterton North Ward Oonoonba Pallarenda Pimlico Railway Estate Rasmussen Rosslea Rowes Bay Shaw South Townsville Thuringowa Central Town Common Townsville City Townsville West Vincent West End Wulguru

Rural	Alice River Alligator Creek Balgal Beach Barringha Blue Hills Bluewater Park Brookhill Calcium Cape Cleveland Clemant Crimea Crystal Creek Cungulla Granite Vale Gumlow Hervey Range Hidden Valley Julago Lynam Majors Creek Mount Elliot Mutarnee Nome Oak Valley Orpheus Island Palm Island Paluma Partington Pinnacles Rangewood Reid River Rollingstone Roseneath Rupertswood Stuart Toomulla Toonpan Woodstock

Northern Beaches	Beach Holm Black River Bluewater Burdell Bushland Beach Deeragun Jensen Mount Low Purono Park Saunders Beach Toolakea Yabulu

Magnetic Island	Arcadia Cockle Bay Florence Bay Horseshoe Bay Magnetic Island Nelly Bay Picnic Bay

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