Location The Steinkopf rises in the
Taunus Nature Park between Ober-Rosbach, which belongs to
Rosbach vor der Höhe in the Wetteraukreis, and the village of Pfaffenwiesbach, which is part of
Wehrheim in the Hochtaunuskreis; the border between the two counties runs around 200 m northwest of the summit of the wooded Steinkopf. The summit is located in Wetterau, 3.3 km northwest of Ober-Rosbach, 4.2 km west of
Ockstadt in the borough of
Friedberg, on whose boundary it lies, and 3.7 km east of Pfaffenwiesbach. About 850 m north-northeast of the summit is the hill spur of
Winterstein () and 400 m south of the summit is the
Dachskopf (). In front of the latter are the
Mainzer Kopf () in the south-east and the
Kuhkopf (approx. ) in the south-west about 1 km away. They are all part of the Steinkopf massif. The stream of
Holzbach rises on the western flanks of the Steinkopf and the
Seebach on its northeast hillside, both flowing into the
Usa. In addition, the
Wetter tributary, the
Straßbach, rises on the eastern flank of the Steinkopf and the
Rosbach tributary, the
Fahrenbach, on the south-southeast flank of the
Dachskopf. A section of the
A 5 autobahn runs past the lower slopes of the Steinkopf on the eastern side, between the services at
Rasthof Wetterau and the junction of
Friedberg. The Steinkopf is a striking landmark when seen from the intersection of
Gambacher Kreuz, especially for traffic coming from the north.
Impact crater According to investigations by a team from the University of Marburg, a
meteorite may have fallen between the Steinkopf and the
Salzberg (), 2.7 km to the south-southeast near Ober-Rosbach, which could have formed the
valley of the
Fahrenbach, which resembles an
impact crater. A precise geological investigation of rock samples could not find any indications of
impact metamorphism, only
quartzite with the usual deformations caused by
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