Pentland is a small service centre on the Flinders Highway between Charters Towers and Hughenden and lies on the outskirts of the White Mountains National Park. The town is the first of any significance motorists arrive to when heading east along the Flinders Highway as it enters the Great Dividing Range. The town offers a small range of services and provides a good place to rest being more than 100km from adjoining major centres.

Population: 170
State: Queensland
Name Origin: Unknown at this stage.
Pronunciation: Pent-lnd
Postcode: 4816
Local Government: Charters Towers Regional Council
Location: 1450km north west of Brisbane, 240km south-west of Townsville
Main Watercourses: Cape River/Betts Creek
Main Roads: Flinders Highway
Radio Stations (Music): Triple J (105.5), 4GC (AM 765 & 828)

Photos from Pentland (Click on thumbnail for full sized image):
 

	Western entrance to Pentland on the Flinders Hwy (2006).
	The Flinders Highway, looking east in Pentland between Hunt and Macarthur Streets (2006).
	Flinders Highway again looking east, this time between Macarthur and Gilmore Streets, Pentland (2006).
	Typical scenery on the Flinders Hwy, just west of Pentland (2006).

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