diff --git a/examples/vite-app/src/App/index.tsx b/examples/vite-app/src/App/index.tsx
index 31d41fd6..f0e32fb8 100644
--- a/examples/vite-app/src/App/index.tsx
+++ b/examples/vite-app/src/App/index.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import Empty from '../examples/Empty';
 import FloatingEdges from '../examples/FloatingEdges';
 import Hidden from '../examples/Hidden';
 import Interaction from '../examples/Interaction';
+import Intersection from '../examples/Intersection';
 import Layouting from '../examples/Layouting';
 import MultiFlows from '../examples/MultiFlows';
 import NestedNodes from '../examples/NestedNodes';
@@ -132,6 +133,11 @@ const routes: IRoute[] = [
     path: '/interaction',
     component: Interaction,
   },
+  {
+    name: 'Intersection',
+    path: '/intersection',
+    component: Intersection,
+  },
   {
     name: 'Interactive Minimap',
     path: '/interactive-minimap',
diff --git a/examples/vite-app/src/examples/Intersection/index.tsx b/examples/vite-app/src/examples/Intersection/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f82b308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/vite-app/src/examples/Intersection/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import { useCallback, MouseEvent } from 'react';
+import ReactFlow, {
+  MiniMap,
+  Background,
+  Controls,
+  ReactFlowProvider,
+  Node,
+  Edge,
+  useReactFlow,
+  useNodesState,
+} from 'reactflow';
+
+import './style.css';
+
+const onNodeDragStop = (_: MouseEvent, node: Node) => console.log('drag stop', node);
+const onNodeClick = (_: MouseEvent, node: Node) => console.log('click', node);
+
+const initialNodes: Node[] = [
+  {
+    id: '1',
+    type: 'input',
+    data: { label: 'Node 1' },
+    position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
+    className: 'light',
+    style: {
+      width: 200,
+      height: 100,
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    id: '2',
+    data: { label: 'Node 2' },
+    position: { x: 0, y: 150 },
+    className: 'light',
+  },
+  {
+    id: '3',
+    data: { label: 'Node 3' },
+    position: { x: 250, y: 0 },
+    className: 'light',
+  },
+  {
+    id: '4',
+    data: { label: 'Node' },
+    position: { x: 350, y: 150 },
+    style: {
+      width: 50,
+      height: 50,
+    },
+    className: 'light',
+  },
+];
+
+const initialEdges: Edge[] = [];
+
+const defaultEdgeOptions = { zIndex: 0 };
+
+const BasicFlow = () => {
+  const [nodes, setNodes, onNodesChange] = useNodesState(initialNodes);
+  const { getIntersectingNodes, isNodeIntersecting } = useReactFlow();
+
+  const onNodeDrag = useCallback((_: MouseEvent, node: Node) => {
+    const intersections = getIntersectingNodes(node).map((n) => n.id);
+    const isIntersecting = isNodeIntersecting(node, { x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 100 });
+
+    console.log(isIntersecting);
+
+    setNodes((ns) =>
+      ns.map((n) => ({
+        ...n,
+        className: intersections.includes(n.id) ? 'highlight' : '',
+      }))
+    );
+  }, []);
+
+  return (
+    <ReactFlow
+      nodes={nodes}
+      edges={initialEdges}
+      onNodesChange={onNodesChange}
+      onNodeClick={onNodeClick}
+      onNodeDragStop={onNodeDragStop}
+      onNodeDrag={onNodeDrag}
+      className="react-flow-basic-example"
+      minZoom={0.2}
+      maxZoom={4}
+      fitView
+      defaultEdgeOptions={defaultEdgeOptions}
+      selectNodesOnDrag={false}
+    >
+      <Background />
+      <MiniMap />
+      <Controls />
+    </ReactFlow>
+  );
+};
+
+export default function App() {
+  return (
+    <ReactFlowProvider>
+      <BasicFlow />
+    </ReactFlowProvider>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/examples/vite-app/src/examples/Intersection/style.css b/examples/vite-app/src/examples/Intersection/style.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..16b4cc4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/vite-app/src/examples/Intersection/style.css
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.react-flow__node.highlight {
+  background-color: #ff5050;
+  color: white;
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/hooks/useReactFlow.ts b/packages/core/src/hooks/useReactFlow.ts
index 77415b9b..0801a772 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/hooks/useReactFlow.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/hooks/useReactFlow.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ import type {
   EdgeRemoveChange,
   NodeChange,
   Node,
+  Rect,
 } from '../types';
 import { getConnectedEdges } from '../utils/graph';
+import { getOverlappingArea, isRectObject, nodeToRect } from '../utils';
 
 /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 export default function useReactFlow<NodeData = any, EdgeData = any>(): ReactFlowInstance<NodeData, EdgeData> {
@@ -191,6 +193,63 @@ export default function useReactFlow<NodeData = any, EdgeData = any>(): ReactFlo
     }
   }, []);
 
+  const getNodeRect = useCallback(
+    (
+      nodeOrRect: (Partial<Node<NodeData>> & { id: Node['id'] }) | Rect
+    ): [Rect | null, Node<NodeData> | null | undefined, boolean] => {
+      const isRect = isRectObject(nodeOrRect);
+      const node = isRect ? null : store.getState().nodeInternals.get(nodeOrRect.id);
+
+      if (!isRect && !node) {
+        [null, null, isRect];
+      }
+
+      const nodeRect = isRect ? nodeOrRect : nodeToRect(node!);
+
+      return [nodeRect, node, isRect];
+    },
+    []
+  );
+
+  const getIntersectingNodes = useCallback<Instance.GetIntersectingNodes<NodeData>>(
+    (nodeOrRect, partially = true, nodes) => {
+      const [nodeRect, node, isRect] = getNodeRect(nodeOrRect);
+
+      if (!nodeRect) {
+        return [];
+      }
+
+      return (nodes || Array.from(store.getState().nodeInternals.values())).filter((n) => {
+        if (!isRect && (n.id === node!.id || !n.positionAbsolute)) {
+          return false;
+        }
+
+        const currNodeRect = nodeToRect(n);
+        const overlappingArea = getOverlappingArea(currNodeRect, nodeRect);
+        const partiallyVisible = partially && overlappingArea > 0;
+
+        return partiallyVisible || overlappingArea >= nodeOrRect.width! * nodeOrRect.height!;
+      });
+    },
+    []
+  );
+
+  const isNodeIntersecting = useCallback<Instance.IsNodeIntersecting<NodeData>>(
+    (nodeOrRect, area, partially = true) => {
+      const [nodeRect] = getNodeRect(nodeOrRect);
+
+      if (!nodeRect) {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      const overlappingArea = getOverlappingArea(nodeRect, area);
+      const partiallyVisible = partially && overlappingArea > 0;
+
+      return partiallyVisible || overlappingArea >= nodeOrRect.width! * nodeOrRect.height!;
+    },
+    []
+  );
+
   return useMemo(() => {
     return {
       ...viewportHelper,
@@ -204,6 +263,8 @@ export default function useReactFlow<NodeData = any, EdgeData = any>(): ReactFlo
       addEdges,
       toObject,
       deleteElements,
+      getIntersectingNodes,
+      isNodeIntersecting,
     };
   }, [
     viewportHelper,
@@ -217,5 +278,7 @@ export default function useReactFlow<NodeData = any, EdgeData = any>(): ReactFlo
     addEdges,
     toObject,
     deleteElements,
+    getIntersectingNodes,
+    isNodeIntersecting,
   ]);
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/types/instance.ts b/packages/core/src/types/instance.ts
index 0c7200d2..7ff85606 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/types/instance.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/types/instance.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-namespace */
-import { ViewportHelperFunctions, Viewport, Node, Edge } from '.';
+import { ViewportHelperFunctions, Viewport, Node, Edge, Rect } from '.';
 
 export type ReactFlowJsonObject<NodeData = any, EdgeData = any> = {
   nodes: Node<NodeData>[];
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ export type ReactFlowJsonObject<NodeData = any, EdgeData = any> = {
 };
 
 export type DeleteElementsOptions = {
-  nodes?: (Partial<Node> & { id: Node['id'] })[],
-  edges?: (Partial<Edge> & { id: Edge['id'] })[]
+  nodes?: (Partial<Node> & { id: Node['id'] })[];
+  edges?: (Partial<Edge> & { id: Edge['id'] })[];
 };
 export namespace Instance {
   export type GetNodes<NodeData> = () => Node<NodeData>[];
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ export namespace Instance {
   export type AddEdges<EdgeData> = (payload: Edge<EdgeData>[] | Edge<EdgeData>) => void;
   export type ToObject<NodeData = any, EdgeData = any> = () => ReactFlowJsonObject<NodeData, EdgeData>;
   export type DeleteElements = ({ nodes, edges }: DeleteElementsOptions) => void;
+  export type GetIntersectingNodes<NodeData> = (
+    node: (Partial<Node<NodeData>> & { id: Node['id'] }) | Rect,
+    partially?: boolean,
+    nodes?: Node<NodeData>[]
+  ) => Node<NodeData>[];
+  export type IsNodeIntersecting<NodeData> = (
+    node: (Partial<Node<NodeData>> & { id: Node['id'] }) | Rect,
+    area: Rect,
+    partially?: boolean
+  ) => boolean;
 }
 
 export type ReactFlowInstance<NodeData = any, EdgeData = any> = {
@@ -40,5 +50,7 @@ export type ReactFlowInstance<NodeData = any, EdgeData = any> = {
   getEdge: Instance.GetEdge<EdgeData>;
   toObject: Instance.ToObject<NodeData, EdgeData>;
   deleteElements: Instance.DeleteElements;
+  getIntersectingNodes: Instance.GetIntersectingNodes<NodeData>;
+  isNodeIntersecting: Instance.IsNodeIntersecting<NodeData>;
   viewportInitialized: boolean;
 } & Omit<ViewportHelperFunctions, 'initialized'>;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/graph.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/graph.ts
index 123fd13e..78569276 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/graph.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/graph.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 import type { Selection as D3Selection } from 'd3';
 
-import { boxToRect, clamp, devWarn, getBoundsOfBoxes, rectToBox } from '../utils';
+import { boxToRect, clamp, devWarn, getBoundsOfBoxes, getOverlappingArea, rectToBox } from '../utils';
 import type { Node, Edge, Connection, EdgeMarkerType, Transform, XYPosition, Rect, NodeInternals } from '../types';
 
 export const isEdge = (element: Node | Connection | Edge): element is Edge =>
@@ -161,12 +161,12 @@ export const getNodesInside = (
   // set excludeNonSelectableNodes if you want to pay attention to the nodes "selectable" attribute
   excludeNonSelectableNodes = false
 ): Node[] => {
-  const rBox = rectToBox({
+  const paneRect = {
     x: (rect.x - tx) / tScale,
     y: (rect.y - ty) / tScale,
     width: rect.width / tScale,
     height: rect.height / tScale,
-  });
+  };
 
   const visibleNodes: Node[] = [];
 
@@ -177,10 +177,8 @@ export const getNodesInside = (
       return false;
     }
 
-    const nBox = rectToBox({ ...positionAbsolute, width: width || 0, height: height || 0 });
-    const xOverlap = Math.max(0, Math.min(rBox.x2, nBox.x2) - Math.max(rBox.x, nBox.x));
-    const yOverlap = Math.max(0, Math.min(rBox.y2, nBox.y2) - Math.max(rBox.y, nBox.y));
-    const overlappingArea = Math.ceil(xOverlap * yOverlap);
+    const nodeRect = { ...positionAbsolute, width: width || 0, height: height || 0 };
+    const overlappingArea = getOverlappingArea(paneRect, nodeRect);
     const notInitialized =
       typeof width === 'undefined' || typeof height === 'undefined' || width === null || height === null;
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/index.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/index.ts
index c3afe773..02cff5a0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Dimensions, XYPosition, CoordinateExtent, Box, Rect } from '../types';
+import type { Dimensions, Node, XYPosition, CoordinateExtent, Box, Rect } from '../types';
 
 export const getDimensions = (node: HTMLDivElement): Dimensions => ({
   width: node.offsetWidth,
@@ -36,9 +36,25 @@ export const boxToRect = ({ x, y, x2, y2 }: Box): Rect => ({
   height: y2 - y,
 });
 
+export const nodeToRect = (node: Node): Rect => ({
+  ...(node.positionAbsolute || { x: 0, y: 0 }),
+  width: node.width || 0,
+  height: node.height || 0,
+});
+
 export const getBoundsOfRects = (rect1: Rect, rect2: Rect): Rect =>
   boxToRect(getBoundsOfBoxes(rectToBox(rect1), rectToBox(rect2)));
 
+export const getOverlappingArea = (rectA: Rect, rectB: Rect): number => {
+  const xOverlap = Math.max(0, Math.min(rectA.x + rectA.width, rectB.x + rectB.width) - Math.max(rectA.x, rectB.x));
+  const yOverlap = Math.max(0, Math.min(rectA.y + rectA.height, rectB.y + rectB.height) - Math.max(rectA.y, rectB.y));
+
+  return Math.ceil(xOverlap * yOverlap);
+};
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+export const isRectObject = (obj: any): obj is Rect => !!obj.width && !!obj.height && !!obj.x && !!obj.y;
+
 /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 export const isNumeric = (n: any): n is number => !isNaN(n) && isFinite(n);