Sheep Mountain is located on the Kenai Peninsula on land managed by Chugach National Forest.

[2] It is set 16 miles (26 km) north-northeast of the city of Seward in the Kenai Mountains.

Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 5,870 feet (1,789 meters) above Kenai Lake in 2.6 miles (4.2 km).

[3] Based on the Köppen climate classification, Sheep Mountain is located in a subpolar oceanic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.

[5] Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Kenai Mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall.