Glen Russell is a rural locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the , Glen Russell had "no people or a very low population".
The Hodgkinson River rises in the south-west of the locality and that part of the locality formed part of the Hodgkinson Minerals Area, which experienced a goldrush in the 1870s and then sporadic mining over subsequent decades though to the 1930s.
The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with a small amount of crop growing in the centre and south of the locality.
In the , Glen Russell had a population of 12 people.
In the , Glen Russell had "no people or a very low population".
There are no schools in Glen Russell. The nearest government primary schools are Mareeba State School in Mareeba to the south-east and Dimbulah State School in Dimbulah to the south. However, these schools would be too distant for students living in the northern parts of the locality; the alternatives are distance education and boarding school. The nearest government secondary schools are Mareeba State High School (to Year 12) in Mareeba and Dimbulah State School (to Year 10).
There are also Catholic and other private schools in Mareeba and a Catholic primary school in Dimbulah.