The Tegernsee Mountains form a mountain region between the River Isar in the west and the lake of Tegernsee

Tegernsee

Tegernsee is a town in the Miesbach district of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the shore of Tegernsee lake, at an elevation of 747 m above sea level....

 as well as the Rottach, weißen Valepp and Grundache south of the Tegernsee, in the east, and so form a part of the Bavarian Prealps

Bavarian Prealps

The Bavarian Prealps are a mountain range within the Northern Limestone Alps in south Germany. They include the Bavarian Prealp region between the river Loisach to the west and the river Inn to the east; the range is about 80 km long and 20-30 km wide. The term is not defined politically, but...

. The Tegernsee Mountains are also the westernmost part of the Mangfall Mountains

Mangfall Mountains

The Mangfall Mountains , or sometimes Mangfall Alps, are the easternmost part of the Bavarian Prealps that, in turn, belong to the Northern Limestone Alps...

 (Mangfallgebirge).

Well-known walking destinations are the peaks of a range of medium-high mountains with heights of under 2000 m, for example the Halserspitz (1,862 m), Risserkogel

Risserkogel

Risserkogel is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany....

(1,826 m), Schinder (1,808 m), Hirschberg (1,670 m), der Leonhardstein

Leonhardstein

Leonhardstein is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany....

(1,452 m) and the Fockenstein

Fockenstein

Fockenstein is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany....

(1,564 m). Climbing areas are the massifs of Roßstein (1,698 m) and Buchstein (1,701 m) and Plankenstein (1,768 m).