Download coordinates as: Newell is a coastal town and rural locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia.

[1] The locality is bounded to the west by the Mossman Daintree Road and a cane tramway line to the Mossman Sugar Mill and to the east by the Coral Sea.

It is partly bounded to the north by Coop Creek and Saltwater Creek and to the south by the Mossman River, which enters the Coral Sea at the south-eastern point of the locality.

[4] The town is named after prominent local business man and politician John Newell.

[4][7] There is a boat ramp and jetty at the southern end of Rankin Street on the north bank of Mossman River Heads (16°26′02″S 145°24′15″E / 16.4338°S 145.4042°E / -16.4338; 145.4042 (Rankin Street boat ramp)).