 It is about 2.8 kilometres long and is situated in the triangle formed by the villages of Alfeld, Freden and Delligsen.It lies between Gerzen to the north, Föhrste and Wispenstein to the east, Imsen to the southeast, Delligsen to the south and Grünenplan some distance to the northwest.Nordwest of the Steinberg lies the Reuberg, on the other side of the River Leine are the Sieben Berge to the north and the Sackwald to the east.