It is located in the locality of Maggea on the southern side of the Stott Highway.

[1] The conservation park consists of land in sections 54 and 55 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Bakara.

Section 55 was compulsory acquired by the Government of South Australia in 1983 and was proclaimed on 15 May 1986 as a conservation park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.

[5][3][6] As of 2015, it covered an area of 20.29 square kilometres (7.83 sq mi).

[4] The conservation park provides habitat for malleefowl, and local landholders are involved in active fox and rabbit control in the conservation park and nearby farmland.