It is located about 20 kilometers (12 mi) south of Jerusalem, 3.9 km east of the Green Line, inside barrier wall.

A member of the Religious Kibbutz Movement, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Gush Etzion Regional Council.

[2] The name originates from the Biblical passage "For from the top of the crags I see him" (Num 23:9)[3] - just like the neighbouring village Gevaot.

[3] Rosh Tzurim is located on the site of the ancient Beth Zechariah[citation needed] and on a hilltop that had previously been occupied by Ein Tzurim, a kibbutz that was destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War by the Jordanian Arab Legion and later re-established in the Lakhish area.

[6] The kibbutz raises turkeys, produces milk and grows grapes for wine production along with other fruits.