Towards the northwest the forested country of the Barenberg runs west past Schierke to the Brocken (1,141.1 m), the highest mountain in the Harz. Its neighbouring peak to the north-northeast on the other side of Schierke is the rather higher Erdbeerkopf (847.7 m), a spur of the Hohnekamm ridge (900.6 m). To the south-southeast lies the Rauher Jakob (568.6 m) and, to the west-northwest is the mountain cluster of the Wurmberg (971.2 m), Großer Winterberg (906.4 m) und Kleiner Winterberg (837.0 m).