sentences:  The village itself lies at an elevation of some 340 m above sea level, although the mountains around it reach 450 m above sea level in the Kahlenberg southeast of the village.North of the village looms the Prenzelberg (398 m).Beginning here is the "Naturschutzgebiet Steinberg" (conservation area), which stretches from Herchweiler over the Steinberg within Pfeffelbach’s limits, and in which amphibian species that have become rare can be found.