Buckskin Mountain borders the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, southeast.

The ridge trends approximately north-northeast, and descends steeply on its southeast flank to Coyote Wash.

The ridge's highpoint is located just south of the state border in Arizona at 6,668 feet (2,032 m).

[8] While the USGS database still lists all three, a decision card for one of the Coconino County landforms, dated February 9, 1989, indicates two significant changes.

At the ridge's northwest flank, US‑89 turns northeasterly, with access by unimproved roads.