Morphologically, the Măgura hill is part of the Piedmont unit situated to the south of the Orăștie corridor. It stands out as a relatively isolated ridge in the surrounding relief features, extended on a WSW-ESE direction. The highest elevation is on the Măgura peak, with it’s 592.7 m above sea level, compared to the elevation of 220-223 m of the river Strei, which limits the hill to the west.
Towards south, the slope of the hill is very steep, being almost completely without any tall vegetation (Photo). In the upper part of this exposed slope are recognized trenches marks showing the exposure of the rock within the underlayers and the edges of the layers, declining very slightly to the north. From the central edge to the north, the slope is completely covered with deciduous trees. Numerous glens are slicing the hill into compartments, easily observable from the air or from the northern access direction. The western and southern valleys are tributary directly to the Strei river, and those in the northwestern part are tributary to the Mureș river, through the Turdaș and Sicheș valleys.
