 Rutsweiler an der Lauter borders in the north and east on the town of Wolfstein, in the south on the municipality of Kreimbach-Kaulbach and in the west on the municipalities of Rothselberg and Eßweiler.Rutsweiler an der Lauter also meets the municipality of Aschbach at a single point in the northwest.The village core lies in the area where the Kettenbach and "Bundesstraße" 270 cross each other.