The range is "star"-shaped as small ridges end at peaks, like fingers of a hand.

Another adjacent range sequence southwest, the Shauntie Hills has other fingers of the star-shape.

The south flank of the Star Range lies at the northeast perimeter of the Escalante Desert; Milford Valley, the site of Milford and a north-flowing stretch of the Beaver River (Sevier River), lies adjacent, and east of the range, a narrowing valley stretch with the Mineral Mountains bordering to the east.

The highpoint of the range is Topache Peak, in the center-southeast bordering the Escalante Desert, at 6,880 feet (2,097 m)).

[2] Access to the northeast or south side of the Star Range is by way of Utah State Route 21, from Milford, or Upton.