Hinterwaldberg is a dispersed settlement in the Oberpinzgau, the upper Salzach valley and the district of Zell am See/Pinzgau, and is a village and Katastralgemeinde in the municipality of Wald im Pinzgau, on the southern edge of the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria.

The individual homesteads of Maut, Oberrankental, Reitlbauer, Seiten and Unterrankental, several farmsteads and the Ronachwirt inn.

In addition, Hinterwaldberg includes the following valleys, mountains and alms, that stretch north into the Kitzbühel Alps: The Katastralgemeinde's territory includes the two high valleys of Salzachursprung and Nadernachbach, and the area between the Ochsenkopf in the west, the Schwebenkopf and Kröndlhorn in the north and the Gernkogel to the east, up to the state border with Tyrol.

Hinterwaldberg lies on the old mule track (Saumpfad) from Mittersill as a trading hub on the route over the Gerlos Pass (Pinzgauer Höhe) to Zell am Ziller.

[1] The Arno Trail (Arnoweg) runs through the village, having crossed the Salzach near Orgler after coming from Schloßberg.