The range trends southeasterly and forms a section of the northeast perimeter of the large Sevier Desert, which lies southwest of the Sheeprock Mountains.

Just northwest of center is the range highpoint, Black Crook Peak, at 9,274 feet (2,827 m).

Red Skin Knolls, 7,084 feet (2,159 m), of the Sheeprocks lies between, at the south of Rush Valley.

The major access to the Sheeprock Mountains is to its northeast section at the south of Rush Valley, by way of Utah State Route 36, and Vernon.

South from Vernon, is farmland routes, but numerous creeks, and canyons descend northeasterly from the Sheeprocks, containing unimproved roads.