Basalt is a rural locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

The Burdekin River drains the south where a confluence of waterways meet.

The Great Basalt Wall National Park is in the south-west of the locality in two sections.

The Hervey Range Developmental Road enters from the east to intersect the Gregory Highway.

For students living in the south-east of locality, the nearest government primary schools are Richmond Hill State School in the suburb of Richmond Hill in Charters Towers to the south-east, Charters Towers Central State School in the Charters Towers CBD to the south-east, and Homestead State School in Homestead, also to the south-east.