Surrounding Daisy Lake in the city of Greater Sudbury, the park serves to protect a recovering ecosystem scarred by pollution from the city's mining industry; one of the industry's first roasting beds in the region was located just east of the park boundaries.

[2] The park's ecosystem includes white birch trees, grasses, sedges, rock barrens and bog vegetation.

[2] The site is designated as a control area for ecological research—unlike in other parts of the city, where extensive environmental mitigation and recovery programs have been undertaken since the 1970s, Daisy Lake Uplands is set aside for study of the site's ability to recover on its own without human intervention.

[2] The Southeast Bypass, the alignment of Highway 17 in the region, passes through the northwest corner of the park.

[6] The Ontario Ministry of Transportation has since excluded the Daisy Lake realignment from its route planning process.