 The town is surrounded by the wooded hills of the Spessart, including the Wintersberg.The closest larger cities are Hanau, Aschaffenburg and Frankfurt to the southwest and Fulda to the northeast.From the north, clockwise, Bad Orb borders on Wächtersbach, Bad Soden-Salmünster, the unincorporated area Gutsbezirk Spessart, Jossgrund and Biebergemünd.