The park includes land, campgrounds, trails, game preserves, historic structures, and the waters of Black Hawk Lake.

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company VCCC 1776, a veterans unit, constructed the parks amenities.

They cleaned up the former quarry, created 13 fish rearing ponds, and planted over 3,400 trees by 1935.

[4] They completed the picnic shelter, two stone and peeled log latrines, and added camp stoves and barbecue ovens in the Black Hawk Preserve (Area B) between January and April 1935.

Area A focuses on the wildlife preserve that includes the fish rearing ponds, a latrine, and infrastructure such as steps, a bench, and a paved road.