The forest lies south of the A12 and the railway Utrecht-Arnhem and runs to the built-up area of Driebergen-Rijsenburg at Willem van Abcoudelaan, Wetstein Pfisterlaan and Schellingerlaan.

On the north side of the railroad line lies nature reserve Bornia [nl].

It is a remnant of the Star Forest Sper en Dal, created in the mid-18th century by the then owners of Buitenplaats Sparrendaal.

The pen drawing by A. Verryk & Son from 1758 (on display in Buitenplaats Sparrendaal) depicts the star forest.

[3] After 1918 the Drieberg forest around the Acacia pond and the Koekenpan (spring system "De Zwoer") was sold to the Indian-born C.T.F.T Thurkow, commissioner of the culture mines.