[2] The park was designated as part of the Special Places 2000: Alberta’s Natural Heritage initiative.

[3] Don Getty WPP is not one continuous tract but sixteen separate parcels stretching 200 kilometres (120 mi) from north to south.

[6] The second parcel is south of the Ghost River and north of Banff Nation Park.

[7][8] There are two parcels on the west and east of Little Elbow Provincial Recreation Area at the southwest end of Highway 66.

[4] This parcel borders Elbow-Sheep WPP and Bluerock Wildland Provincial Park on the south.

[4][8] To the west, lies a long, thin strip on the eastern slopes of the Continental Divide, the border with British Columbia.

It runs south to Mount Gass and borders the Beehive Natural Area.

The park includes Cataract Creek, "one of Alberta's finest walk-in trout fishing streams".

Backcountry camping, hiking, and mountain biking are permitted; there are no developed facilities.