It is situated halfway between Omaruru and Otjiwarongo on the national road C33 and belongs to the Omatako electoral constituency.

[2] Due to its location in former Damaraland, the majority of the inhabitants speak Khoekhoegowab or Otjiherero.

[3] The Namibian national newspaper referred to the settlement as "ghost town", situated in "the middle of nowhere".

[1] Kalkfeld is served by a station of the Namibia Railway Network.

23 kilometres (14 mi) east of Kalkfeld lies Otjihaenamparero, a farm where 170-million-year-old dinosaur footprints can be seen.