Seat is cushioned in between Haystacks and High Crag in the North Western Fells. Seat has an abundance of small Crags and the summit is reasonably flat. At the bottom of Seat is Buttermere, which was once joined with Crummock Water to the north. On the western side of Seat is Ennerdale Forest in the Ennerdale Valley. Seat's neighboring mountains include Fleetwith Pike, Haystacks, High Crag, High Stile, Red Pike and Dodd. Beyond Seat to the north-west the land diminishes towards the coastal plain of Cumberland.