Schöpfl is the highest hill () in the Vienna Woods mountain range, the north-easternmost part of the Alps. Geologically, it belongs to the flysch Alps.
The main top of the wooded mountain range carries a high observation tower which enables a sight to the Northern Limestone Alps in the west and the Carpathian Mountains in the east.
At the Mitterschöpfl ( above sea level) is the University of Vienna's Leopold Figl observatory. Its largest instrument is a telescope with a primary mirror of , which was constructed in the 1960s. A second tower was built recently for some smaller astrophysical telescopes.