The Seefeld Saddle lies west of the Erlspitze Group (max. m (AA)), a sub-range of the Karwendel Alps, and east of the Mieminger Range (max. m (AA)). To the south the terrain descends via the Zirler Berg down to the Inn valley, to the north of the plateau lie the Wetterstein Mountains (max. m (AA)) and the Arnspitze Group (max. m (AA)). The actual pass height is next to the municipal boundary between Seefeld and Reith to the south in the subdistrict of Auland on agricultural land southeast of the Wildsee lake and north-northwest of the junction of the Landesstraße 36 and the Seefelder Straße (B 177). East of the saddle rise the Reither Spitze ( m (AA)) and the Seefeld Spitze ( m (AA)) to its north. To the west is the Gschwandtkopf ( m (AA)).