Castle Hill

Castle Hill is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The suburb is based on and around the mountain of the same name.

Type: Suburb with 896 residents
Description: suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Also known as: “Castle Hill, Queensland” and “Castle Hill, Queensland, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle Hill and Townsville Grammar School.

Castle Hill

Peak

Photo: Hanek45, Public domain.

Castle Hill is a heritage-listed isolated pink granite monolith in the suburb of Castle Hill, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Its Indigenous name is Cootharinga, sometimes written as Cooderinga.

Townsville Grammar School

School

Townsville Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, day, International Baccalaureate and boarding school, located in Townsville. Established in 1888, it is the northernmost member of the Queensland grammar schools.

Queens Gardens

Park

Photo: Stickpen, Public domain.

Queens Gardens is a large heritage-listed botanic garden at Paxton Street, North Ward, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Queens Gardens is located at the base of Castle Hill, near to both the city centre and The Strand beachside park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Townsville City and Townsville.

Townsville City

Suburb

Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Townsville City is a coastal suburb at the centre of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the suburb of Townsville City had a population of 2,945 people.

Townsville

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Townsville is a laid-back coastal city of over 173,724 people in North Central Queensland. Townsville is on the coast and enjoys an average of 320 days of sunshine a year.

Rowes Bay

Suburb

Photo: ROxBo, Public domain.

Rowes Bay is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Rowes Bay had a population of 541 people. Rowes Bay is situated 2½ km northwest of Castle Hill.

Castle Hill

Category: locality
Location: Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-19.25326° or 19° 15′ 12″ south

Longitude

146.79939° or 146° 47′ 58″ east

Population

896

Elevation

217 metres (712 feet)

Open location code

5RG8PQWX+MQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3941123296

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

11670310

Wikidata ID

Q28224622

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