In the north and north-west the Kreuzberg Group is separated from the Dammersfeld Ridge by the rivers Brend and Sinn. In the southwest, the range is separated from the Black Mountains by the Kellersbach. In the south it borders on the major unit of the Hammelburg South Rhön and Adelsberg Forest, which are part of the major unit known as the Odenwald, Spessart und Südrhön. To the east is the Schönau Plateau, part of the Eastern South Rhön.