Sheltered by surrounding mountains in the north, east and west, and opening on to plains in the south, Chuolan geographically has a touch of the Shangrila about it.
卓蘭位於苗栗縣南端，東接泰安鄉，西連三義鄉，北鄰大湖鄉，南隔大安溪與台中東勢相望，總面積約 76 平方公里。境內東北西三面皆為丘陵及山岳，山地約佔總面積 70 %；平地被河流佔去泰半，僅佔 10 %。