The wooded Sauberge is located in the centre of the northern part of the Innerste Uplands, a northeastern part of the Lower Saxon Hills, and borders on the historic Ambergau region. The hills extend east of the Hildesheim Forest, from Bad Salzdetfurth and the narrow valley of the Lamme to Derneburg. Hackenstedt is located in a broad valley east of the Bünte. A few kilometres east-northeast lies Holle and some distance away to the south-east is Bockenem; a few individual districts of these town boroughs reach as far as the ridge. One kilometre to the north a stretch of the Innerste river flows past the Sauberge in an east-west direction. To the east the Nette runs past the hills from south to north. A few miles north-northeast is the ridge of Vorholz.