The area is home to more than 420 varieties of flora, as well as Quercus pubescens, Lithocarpus, Carpinus betulus, Fagus sylvatica, and Pinus nigra.

To observe the "ghost" appearance, several conditions must be met: Chatyr-Dag must be shrouded in mist and the area over the sea and Demirci yayla must be clear, transparent and completely permeable to sunlight.

According to Crimean Tatar folklore, a blacksmith on living the mountain captured a young woman, who fell to her death while trying to escape.

As a result of the woman's death, the mountain's deity, in anger, caused boulders to rain on the area, killing the blacksmith and destroying the nearby village.

[3] On 30 March 1981, Demirci yayla was declared a zakaznik of national importance by the government of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.