It is 593.2 m high and is situated west of the Aschentalshalbe.
The Aschentalshalbe was named after the Aschental ("Aschen valley"), a southern branch of the Tiefenbeekstal ("Tiefenbeek valley"), through which the Tiefenbeek flows.
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Whilst the Tiefenbeek that rises north of the mountain flows northwest into the Sieber, the Grade Lutter that rises on its southern uplands is the right headstream of the Lutter that flows southwards into the Oder.
The Gropenbornskopf is a northern offshoot of the Aschentalshalbe in the Harz Mountains of central Germany, two kilometres east of Sieber in the district of Osterode am Harz in the state of Lower Saxony.
The Schadenbeeksköpfe are two summits on a southeastern outlier of the Aschentalshalbe in the Harz Mountains of Germany, about 3.6 kilometres southeast of Sieber in the district of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony.