[1] The mountain is 604 metres (1,982 ft) high, and forms part of the Berserker Range.

The Mount Archer National Park surrounds the mountain.

Lookouts and picnic areas are located on the summit of the mountain, as well as a number of communications towers.

The mountain was named in 1859 by surveyor Clarendon Stuart after the Archer brothers who established a pastoral property at Gracemere in 1854.

Despite the name, Mount Archer State School is not located on the mountain, but in the suburb of Koongal.