The range trends in an east–west direction, north of the Last Chance Range at the northern end of Death Valley National Park.

The Last Chance Range and Death Valley are to the south, Slate Ridge is to the southeast, and the Palmetto Mountains are adjacent to the east.

The Sylvania Mountains Wilderness protects over 18,000 acres (73 km2) of the range in California.

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