The Toter Mann lies in the southernmost part of the Seulingswald. Its summit is 2.5 kilometres north of Friedewald and lies on its municipal territory. Its southwestern hillside lies in the municipality of Kathus, near Solz in the borough of Bad Hersfeld. Its western slopes are in the parish of Meckbach, 3.8 km northwest of the summit, a village on the banks of the Meckbach, a tributary of the Fulda, and in the municipality of Ludwigsau. Its northeastern hillside is in the municipality of Ronshausen, which is traversed by the Fulda tributary of the Ulfe. The Faßdorf estate belonging to Ronshausen in the valley of the Breitenbach lies 4.1 km, as the crow flies, north of the summit.