The town is on a plateau in the heart of Bukidnon, situated between the Kalatungan and Kitanglad Mountain Ranges, after which its native name of "lantapan" was derived which means "level-on-top".

It can be reached via Aglayan crossing, which is a potential convergent zone of four cities: Iligan, Butuan, Davao and Cagayan de Oro.

A number of mammal species also thrive in the dense forests, including squirrels, monkeys, bats, flying lemurs, deer, tarsiers and wild pigs among others.

The climatic condition of Lantapan is relatively cool and humid for Philippine standards with winds blowing at a northward direction.

Then, migrants from the Visayas and northern Luzon started to settle in the area, even during the Spanish colonial period.

This stream of settlers eventually led to the varied mix of ethnic groups in Lantapan.

Commerce There are 428 commercial establishments registered at the Licensing Division of the municipality, 15 of which are classified under agro-industrial, manufacturing and servicing.

Trading activities include wholesale buying of corn, coffee and vegetables by traders from within Lantapan, neighboring towns in Bukidnon and Cagayan de Oro.

An Asian Hills Bank located at the Poblacion and established in 1978, is owned by a private corporation.

This conjoint waterfall is supplied by the Kulasihan River, and situated five kilometers from the barangay proper of Kaatuan called Block 2.

One privately owned clinic for urgent care on minor cases and two registered mini-pharmaceutical stores are found in the Poblacion.

Day care centers under the Department of Social Welfare and Development provide preparatory education to pre-schoolers in the barangays.