The main source is located on the boundary to the unincorporated area Gemarkung Schöllkrippener Forst, below the hiking trail K2.

The drainage basin above ground is about 4 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi) and reaches up to the Spessart-Höhenstraße (a scenic route).

In the village Edelbach, which is part of Kleinkahl, it is crossed by the Degen-Weg, a hiking trail, then takes up the water of other springs.

North of the sawmill, opposite a Kneipp water-treading basin, it crosses the Kahltal-Spessart cycle path and flows into the Kahl.

At the spring of the Edelbach, in the late Middle Ages or in the early modern times, a now abandoned glass hut was situated.