[1] Attractions include a 3-kilometre (2 mi) clifftop walk and a visit to the Cape Nelson lighthouse.

The lighthouse was completed in 1884 and today offers accommodation in the Light Station Keepers Cottages.

[2] Part of the route of the Great South West Walk is located within the park.

The Cape Nelson lighthouse featured in the 2010 romantic drama South Solitary.

Cape Nelson has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csb) with comfortable, dry summers and mild, wet winters.