Jeckenbach is a linear village (by some definitions, a "thorpe") that lies in the North Palatine Uplands west of the Glan.

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.

It was here that amateur palaeontologist Arnulf Stapf from Nierstein am Rhein unearthed the oldest mayflies (Misthodotes stapfi) ever found in Central Europe.

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate's Directory of Cultural Monuments:[6] Jeckenbach also has a theatre club which puts on yearly plays.