Download coordinates as: The Summit is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

[4] The Summit is predominantly farmland with some urban development surrounding the railway station.

The New England Highway passes north-south through the town, running close to and parallel with the Southern railway line.

[4] The town takes its name from The Summit railway station, which was so named because it was the highest point (923.5 metres (3,030 ft)) on the Southern railway line from Warwick to Wallangarra.

[9][10][11] On Sunday 28 November 1926, St John's Anglican Church was officially opened and dedicated by Reverend Canon David Garland.