It is one of the highest peaks in the Townsville region and is also the location of the Herveys Range Heritage Tea Rooms.

The highest point of the range is Mount Cataract, which is 709 metres (2,326 ft) high.

The Greenvale railway line was opened from Cobarra, north of Townsville, to the nickel mine at Greenvale in 1974, and closed in 1993 with the closure of the mine.

The line passed under the Hervey Range through a series of tunnels.

The tracks were removed and re-used on coal rail lines in Central Queensland.