La Dôle is a mountain of the Jura, overlooking Lake Geneva in the westernmost part of the canton of Vaud.
The mountain is also close to and easily accessible from Saint-Cergue and the Col de la Givrine to the north, both above 1000 meters and connected to Nyon on Lake Geneva by road and by the Nyon–St-Cergue–Morez Railway.
To the southwest it ends at the Col de la Faucille, and to the northwest at the Valserine valley, a Rhône tributary.
There is a restricted-access cable car which provides service to the various electronic facilities on the top, including a ball containing aviation radar, a Swiss weather station, television, radio and EBU telecommunications.
Winter storms are common and its exposed location contribute to a high annual average wind speed of 8.0 m/s.