The northern part of the suburb is undeveloped bushland within the Mount Whitfield Conservation Park (16°53′13″S 145°44′17″E / 16.8869°S 145.7381°E / -16.8869; 145.7381 (Mount Whitfield Conservation Park)) which occupies the upper slopes of Mount Whitfield which rises to 350m.

[6][7] Whitfield is situated in the Yidinji traditional Aboriginal country.

[8] Whitfield State School opened on 23 January 1989.

The nearest government secondary schools are Trinity Bay State High School in Manunda to the south-east and Cairns State High School in Cairns North to the east.

[7] There are a number of parks in the area: Media related to Whitfield, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons