The park is located in Cape May County, just south of Ocean City, adjacent to Corson's Inlet.

The park consists of 341-acre (1.38 km2) of undeveloped and undisturbed sand dunes that serves as a protected nesting site for the endangered piping plover, the least tern and black skimmers.

Other shorebirds and waterfowl, such as the American oystercatcher, various species of sandpipers, gulls, herons, sanderlings and ducks also stop during the year.

There are two endangered species that inhabit the park – the piping plover, a bird; and the seabeach amaranth, a plant.

Corson's Inlet provides excellent opportunities to catch blue fish, kingfish, striped bass and weakfish.