It is a prominent landmark easily seen from the nearby Stuart Highway, which at closest approach lies about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the southeast.

The dark red sandstone that comprise the peak, referred to by geologists as Central Mount Stuart Formation, form part of the Georgina Basin.

The large gum creek that we crossed winds round this hill in a north-east direction; at about ten miles it is joined by another.

[5] Stuart's route was followed by the Adelaide-to-Darwin cross-continental Overland Telegraph Line,[6] completed in 1872, and the Central Australia Railway, built between 1878 and 1929.

After the telegraph line had been completed and the first messages sent, Sir Charles Todd and surveyor Richard Randall Knuckey returned to Adelaide from Central Mount Stuart.