From an administrative perspective, it is located in Vaxholm Municipality and Stockholm County.

[1] The island is connected to Vaxholm town by the Vaxholmsleden car ferry [sv] at its western end, and to Värmdö island by the Oxdjupsleden car ferry [sv] at its eastern end.

County road 274 [sv] connects the two, as does Storstockholms Lokaltrafik bus route 688, with some buses crossing on the ferry to Vaxholm.

[1][2][3][4] Situated between the two main shipping routes from the open sea into Stockholm, the Kodjupet strait to the west and the Oxdjupet strait [sv] to the east, Rindö has long been an important defensive site.

Whilst the Kodjupet strait was principally protected by the Vaxholm Fortress built on an islet within the channel, it was also defended by the Rindö redount [sv] on Rindö.