The recreation area is located 4 miles east of Sioux Falls and is very popular for camping, cabin rentals, canoeing, biking, hiking, disc golf, snowmobiling and archery.

[1] The park is known for its large bur oak, eastern cottonwood, box elder and silver maple trees.

Just like other areas along the Big Sioux River corridor, there are 200 different kinds of bird species that will migrate through and near the park.

Deer, turkeys, coyotes, snapping turtles and woodchucks can be found in some of the remote areas of the park.

Heavy snow amounts were found upstream in the Big Sioux River drainage basin, which melted and intensified the flood event.