Mount Stanley is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.

[1] The locality is loosely bounded to the west and north by the Brisbane Range.

Alternately, it may take its name from the pastoral leases called Mount Stanley.

[9] Colinton was taken up by the Balfour brothers (John, Charles and Robert) in 1841.

The nearest secondary schools are Nanango State High School (to Year 12) in Nanango to the south-west, Toogoolawah State High School in Toogoolawah to the south, and Mary Valley College (to Year 10 only) in Imbil to the north-east.