 Waumbek is flanked to the northeast by Mount Weeks, to the west by Mount Starr King, and to the southeast by Pliny Mountain (1099 m).Waumbek is drained by various brooks into the Israel River, and thence into the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound.Waumbek is one of the Appalachian Mountain Club's "Four-thousand footers" and is located inside the White Mountain National Forest.