Among the larger streams here are the Lorbach and Großer Böttenbach, which rise north-northwest and north of the village and flow into the Urft Reservoir to the west, and the Eselsbach, which rises east of the settlement and empties into the eastward-flowing Rotbach.

On the southeastern edge of the village on the highest (unnamed) point of the Kermeter (527.8 m above sea level (NHN)) is the old Wolfgarten fire watchtower, which was used as a viewing tower until it collapsed in a fire on 13 June 2017.

In the early 19th century, Wolfgarten belonged to the French-occupied mairie of Gemünd.

In accordance with § 9 of the 1971 Aachen Act, the village was incorporated into the new borough of Schleiden on 1 January 1972.

Its nearest motorway junctions are Bad Münstereifel / Mechernich on the A 1 and Aachen-Lichtenbusch on the A 44.