Editing Castle Tower National Park

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| name                   = Castle Tower National Park
| state                  = qld
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| caption                = Mt Castle Tower from Lake Awoonga
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| established            = 1932
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| managing_authorities   = [[Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service]]
| url                    = https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/castle-tower
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'''Castle Tower''' is a national park in the [[Gladstone Region]], [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref>{{Cite QPN|44049|Castle Tower National Park|Gladstone Region|access-date=30 June 2017}}</ref>

== Geography ==
The park is split across the south-eastern corner of the locality of [[Iveragh, Queensland|Iveragh]] and the south-western corner of the locality of [[Foreshores, Queensland|Foreshores]],<ref name="globe">{{Queensland Globe|access-date=15 October 2019}}</ref> {{Convert|407|km||abbr=}} northwest of [[Brisbane]]. The vegetation in the park is predominantly open [[Eucalyptus|eucalypt]] woodland.<ref name="act" /> There are also some stands of [[hoop pine]].

Mount Castle Tower can be seen from [[Lake Awoonga]]. The park has limited access with permission required from Gladstone Area Water Board to cross their property.<ref name="act">{{cite web |url=http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/castle-tower/about.html |title=About Castle Tower |publisher=Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing |access-date=9 July 2013 }}</ref> There are no facilities for visitors. The elevation of the terrain is 313 metres above sea level.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-30|title=Castle Tower National Park - Boynedale QLD 4680, Australia|url=https://australia247.info/explore/queensland/gladstone_regional/boynedale/castle-tower-national-park-13-74-68.html|access-date=2022-02-21|website=australia247.info|language=en}}</ref> The highest peak in the park is Mount Stanley with 690.9 metres above sea level.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Science|first=jurisdiction=Queensland; sector=government; corporateName=Department of Environment and|date=2008-05-21|title=About {{!}} Castle Tower National Park|url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/castle-tower/about|access-date=2022-02-22|website=Parks and forests {{!}} Department of Environment and Science, Queensland|language=en-AU}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Queensland}}
* [[Boyne Valley, Queensland]]
* [[Protected areas of Queensland]]

==References==
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{{Central Queensland}}
{{National Parks of Queensland}}

[[Category:National parks of Central Queensland]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1932]]


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