[2][3] It is situated in the Island in the Sky District of the park at the top of Hardscrabble Hill at the western tip of Bighorn Mesa.

[4] This landform is composed of Wingate Sandstone, which is the remains of wind-borne sand dunes deposited approximately 200 million years ago in the Late Triassic.

Precipitation runoff from Outlaw Spire drains into the nearby Green River which is 1,000 feet (305 meters) below, and less than one-quarter mile away from the tower in Labyrinth Canyon.

[2][4] In April 2001, Jim Beyer soloed the West Face via a route called Cult of Suicidal (5.9 A6).

[7] This desert climate receives less than 10 inches (250 millimeters) of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light during the winter.