They are located within the municipalities of Ramsau, Bischofswiesen, Bayerisch Gmain, Bad Reichenhall and Schneizlreuth, as well as the former unparished areas (now parishes of the respective municipalities of) Forst Taubensee (Ramsau), Forst St. Zeno (Bayerisch Gmain, Bad Reichenhall und Schneizlreuth) and Bischofswiesener Forst (Bischofswiesen), and they are also within the Berchtesgaden Biosphere Reserve.

The Saalach, a southwestern tributary of the Salzach, flows past the Lattengebirge to the northwest running in a southwest to northeast direction.

1,400 m), the rugged crags below the Predigtstuhl Cable Car and the striking formation of the Rotofen pinnacles at the eastern end of the Lattengebirge.

This is a roughly 5-metre-long natural rock arch with a diameter of around 2.5 metres and lies in a hillock-like eminences on the southeastern rocky ridge between the Schlafende Hexe and the Alpgarten.

In addition the Lattengebirge are home to ski areas of Hochschwarzeck near Ramsau and Götschen near Bischofswiesen-Loipl.