Horní Vltavice lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) west of Prachatice, 50 km (31 mi) west of České Budějovice, and 133 km (83 mi) south of Prague.
Administrative parts
The village of Račí and the areas of the extinct villages of Březová Lada, Polka, Slatina and Žlíbky are administrative parts of Horní Vltavice.