[1] Setting Hen is situated 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northeast of Oljato–Monument Valley, Utah, on Navajo Nation land.

[3] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 600 feet (183 meters) above surrounding terrain in 0.25 mile (0.4 km).

The bottom layer is Organ Rock Shale and the upper stratum is cliff-forming De Chelly Sandstone.

The buttes and mesas of Monument Valley are the result of the Organ Rock Shale being more easily eroded than the overlaying sandstone.

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