[1][2] Situated at Binkılıç town of Çatalca,[2] northwest of Istanbul on the Black Sea coast, it covers an area of 17.75 ha (43.9 acres).
The region incorporating the nature park was declared a Wildlife Protection Area for its rich flora and fauna in 2005.
[2] The Çilingoz Creek flows towards north into the Black Sea creating a sandy-alluvial mouth, which is narrow.
The nature park offers outdoor recreational activities such as camping, angling, hiking and picnicing for visitors.
Shrubs present are common rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum), butcher's-broom (Ruscus aculeatus), myrtle, (Myrtus communis), laurel (Laurus nobilis), heather (Erica arborea), strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo), blackberry (Rubus), pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana).
Some of them are quail, cormorant, Eurasian woodcock, hawk, eagle-owl, woodpecker, common blackbird, stork, magpie, European goldfinch and passer.
The other route is in the east-west direction, coming from the Lake Terkos and passing through the towns Ormanlı, Karacaköy and Yalıköy.