Beatenberg is located in the Bernese Oberland on a steppe beneath the Niederhorn and high above Lake Thun.
Beatenberg affords good views of the Jungfrau Group (Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau).

Beatenberg is linked to Beatenbucht on Lake Thun by the Thunersee–Beatenberg funicular, which connects with shipping services on the lake.
The Beatenberg-Niederhorn gondola lift runs to the summit of the Niederhorn.

 
Beatenberg has an area of 29.17 km² (11.26 sq mi).
 Of this area, 9.62 km² (3.71 sq mi) or 32.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.68 km² (6.05 sq mi) or 53.6% is forested.
  Of the rest of the land, 1.23 km² (0.47 sq mi) or 4.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.1 km² (25 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 2.59 km² (1.00 sq mi) or 8.9% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.5%.
 Out of the forested land, 46.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 6.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.
 Of the agricultural land, 9.5% is pastures and 23.2% is used for alpine pastures.
 All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
 Of the unproductive areas, 5.6% is unproductive vegetation and 3.3% is too rocky for vegetation.

It includes the farming coops of Schmocken, Spirenwald, Waldegg and several scattered independent farms as well as the village of Sundlauenen am See.

On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Interlaken, the municipality's former district, was dissolved.
 On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli.
Beatenberg is located in the Bernese Oberland on a steppe beneath the Niederhorn and high above Lake Thun. Beatenberg affords good views of the Jungfrau Group (Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau).
Beatenberg is linked to Beatenbucht on Lake Thun by the Thunersee–Beatenberg funicular, which connects with shipping services on the lake. The Beatenberg-Niederhorn gondola lift runs to the summit of the Niederhorn.
 
Beatenberg has an area of 29.17 km² (11.26 sq mi).  Of this area, 9.62 km² (3.71 sq mi) or 32.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.68 km² (6.05 sq mi) or 53.6% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 1.23 km² (0.47 sq mi) or 4.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.1 km² (25 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 2.59 km² (1.00 sq mi) or 8.9% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.5%.  Out of the forested land, 46.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 6.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 9.5% is pastures and 23.2% is used for alpine pastures.  All the water in the municipality is flowing water.  Of the unproductive areas, 5.6% is unproductive vegetation and 3.3% is too rocky for vegetation.
It includes the farming coops of Schmocken, Spirenwald, Waldegg and several scattered independent farms as well as the village of Sundlauenen am See.
On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Interlaken, the municipality's former district, was dissolved.  On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli.
Beatenberg