The Scherstorklippen is in the Upper Harz (High Harz) within the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park. It lies in a forested region around 1.6 km south-southwest of Schierke, about 2 km west-northwest of Elend, circa 1 km west-southwest of the summit of the Barenberg ( NN) and some 2.2 km east-southeast of the mountain group of the Wurmberg, Großer Winterberg and Kleiner Winterberg on the Lower Saxon border. In the vicinity and roughly to the northeast are neighbouring tors of the Mäuseklippe and the Schnarcherklippen.