The Haughton River is a river in North Queensland, Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise in the Haughton Valley of the Leichhardt Range near Mingela and flow in a north easterly direction almost immediately crossing the Flinders Highway. The river then passes between Mount Prince Charles and Mount Norman then past Glendale. Major Creek discharges into the Haughton under Major Creek Mountain and the river continues crossing the Bruce Highway just south of Giru. The Haughton enters Bowling Green Bay National Park and finally discharges into Bowling Green Bay south of Townsville near Cungulla and then into the Coral Sea.
The assessed catchment area of the river varies, with one estimate of the area at 8,690 square kilometres and another assessed at 4,051 square kilometres. Of this latter area, 316 square kilometres is composed of estuarine wetlands.
