 The community's lowest point lies on the Solz floodplain at 225 m above sea level.The highest point within community limits is the 510.9 m-high Landecker Berg.Schenklengsfeld borders in the north on the town of Bad Hersfeld and the community of Friedewald, in the east on the community of Hohenroda (all three in Hersfeld-Rotenburg), in the south on the community of Eiterfeld (in Fulda district) and in the west on the community of Hauneck (in Hersfeld-Rotenburg).