The Taunus Nature Park stretches across the counties of Hochtaunuskreis, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Limburg-Weilburg, Main-Taunus-Kreis, Wetteraukreis and Gießen.

In the south it ends where the Main-Taunus Foreland between Frankfurt am Main and Wiesbaden begins.

This is where the main ridge of the Taunus runs with the highest peak in the range, the Großer Feldberg (881.5 m).

Another part of the park is the Anterior Taunus, a narrow strip south of the ridge that descends to the Rhine-Main Plain.

The High Taunus is sparsely settled and densely covered by coniferous forest.