Clockwise from the north, Jeckenbach's neighbours are the municipalities of Bärweiler, Lauschied, Desloch, Breitenheim, Löllbach, Schweinschied and Hundsbach, all of which likewise lie within the Bad Kreuznach district.
Jeckenbach is an important site for fossil finds from the Rotliegend (Permian) some 290,000,000 years ago.