Babadağ is located in the Fethiye and Seydikemer districts of Muğla province in southwestern Anatolia. It is insoutheast of Fethiye districts and southwest of Seydikemer district. It is the highest mountain of Fethiye with an altisude of 1969 meters. It is one ofthe most convenient places in the world for paragliding. Babadağ in North of Karaçulha and Karaçulha east of Alaçat, Girmeler and Güneşli South of the Mediterraneam, West of the Ölüdeniz and Kayaköy, is located.

İn North of Babadağ, there are Mendos mountain, Nohutlu hill, Halilbba hill, Yarıştepe hill and Pervane hill. Babadağ is located in the southeast of Aksivri hill, in the southof Akovacık hill, in the West of Geymene mountain, Kurumca mountain, Zeytin mountain, Küllü sarnıç hill and in the Kayaköy. Babadağ is the highest mountain of the Fethiye. It lies in nortwest – southeast direction. The Babadağ mass is a site of very different lithologies and complex structure, consisting of a rather uneven mountain area and a plain unit just behind it. Morphological sections formed as a result of shaping  agents and processes affecting the structure on such an area and as a result of their effects rates and duration. In the vicinity  of Babadağ, elevation, view, slope and drainage characteristies have resulted in different natural environments.The landforms around Babadağ are the main factors determining the structure of transportation, settlement, population, agriculture and all other social and economic activities. The high altitude reaching almost 2000 metersfrom the Fethiye plain is the most important feature that limits transportation. This feature is so evident that the bird’s flight from the Fethiye is only 2-3 kilometers away and access to the Babadağ is only possible by a 26 kilometer road.

Because of high and steep topography, land transportation has not developed at Babadağ, Ölüdeniz, Faralya, Asarcık, Gökben, Esenköy, Gemiler and around the Hisarönü highway transportation is used extensively. The main factor in the regular and improved roads is the high population and the tourism effect. Faralya, Ölüdeniz, Gemiler, Kayaköy, Asarcık the presence of cliff type coastal cliff around the plains, steep and high topography makes the construction costs increase. Very narrow slopes and bends narrow roads Babadağ and close to the surrounding areas makes it difficult to reach. The sloping, narrow and bends of the roads affect the transportation costs. Transportation around the Babadağ is expensive and difficult. Transportation around the Babadağ is expensive and difficult. Due to current elevation and inclination the people in thr region buy vehicles suitable for land structure (old-style motorcycles in villages, old-type high-powered vehicles). People with a good economıc situation prefer to buy new types of off – road vehicles. The stabilizedroad between Babadağ and Dokuzgöl is not  used today. There are ancient settlements used in high sections. People no longer live here. Although people do not  use these high places today, they have begun to settle down to the plains where there are depressions like pollen bases near them. More cereals are cultivated in these plains. Examples such as the ancicent city of of Sidyma, Gemiler neighborhood Show this. In ancient times, people preffered to use slopes (especially the southern slopes) to benefit from the sunshine and the dangers that could come from the sea. That period people used the plains for agricultural purposes. Nowdays, this situation is completely reversed. Slopes were abondoned and settled on fertile lands. Nowdays Fethiye, Kayaköy and the Hisarönü plains are the places  are where people do their  homes instead of agricultural areas.