 Flieden is located in a valley north west of the Landrücken between the Vogelsberg and the Rhön.It is an area of low hills with the highest elevations being "Knöschen" near Buchenrod (509 m) and the "Storker Küppel" near Oberstork (470 m).At the very center of Flieden the creeks "Magdloser Wasser" und "Kautzer Wasser" merge into the Fliede River which later flows into the Fulda River.