Danfeng County is located in the southeast of Shaanxi Province, at the southern foot of the eastern Qinling Mountains. It is named after Danjiang River in the front of the county seat and Fengguan Mountain in the back, and is under the jurisdiction of Shangluo City. The terrain is higher in the northwest, lower in the southeast, and the valleys alternate with each other, showing a "palm" landform. It is a rocky mountain county with "nine mountains, half water and half fields".