[1] The locality is entirely within the Wooroonooran National Park (part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area), although the national park extends beyond the boundaries of the locality.

As a consequence, the land is undeveloped apart from a very limited number of walking tracks and visitor amenities.

Due to the vast size of this locality, it has numerous adjacent localities including (clockwise) Gordonvale (to the north), Aloomba, Fishery Falls, Bellenden Ker, Babinda, Mirriwinni (to the east), Bartle Frere, Woopen Creek, Ngatjan, Nerada, East Palmerston, Palmerston (to the south), Middlebrook, Mungalli, Ellinja, Millaa Millaa, Tarzali, Glen Allyn (to the west), Topaz, Butchers Creek, Gadgarra, and Goldsborough.

[5] Wooroonooran has the following mountain features (from north to south): Wooroonooran has the following waterfalls (from north to south): The Mamu Rainforest Tropical Skywalk was constructed by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service between 2008 and 2008.

The work was contracted to Hutchinson Builders Pty Ltd.[41] In the 2016 census, Wooroonooran had "no people or a very low population".