Mount Kynoch Lookout is on the approach to Toowoomba heading south along the New England Highway. It has views looking over the valley below and to the south-east towards Brisbane and Gold Coast.
The area is named after a well-respected former councillor of the Highfields Shire Council, John Kynoch. He was a member for 30 years, elected to council in 1905.
The area was originally a trigonometric station called Stoney Pinch, changing its name to Kynock in 1981. The misspelling was later corrected in 2002. Stoney Pinch is still used as the name of the quarry that can be seen from the lookout.
The Darling Downs was originally known as the upland area and the indigenous people used fire to burn the grasslands. The burning triggered the growth of new green sprouts which in turn attracted animals for hunting.
The technique earned the people the name ‘Gooneburra’ by the coastal tribes, meaning the ones who hunt with fire. This is close to the Goomburra name used in the Main Range National Park Goomburra Section 
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The rest area at the lookout is basic with some parking spots, a sheltered picnic table and an additional one unsheltered, and a bin. It is only accessible heading south so if you are in Toowoomba you will need to go passed it and come back after finding somewhere to turn around.
The brown sign is simple lookout symbol (a camera symbol), the name isn’t displayed on the sign.
