Located in the Sharon plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council.

It was an open woodland dominated by Mount Tabor Oak, which extended from Kfar Yona in the north to Ra'anana in the south.

The local inhabitants traditionally used the area for pasture, firewood and intermittent cultivation.

The intensification of settlement and agriculture in the coastal plain during the 19th century, under the Ottoman Empire led to deforestation and subsequent environmental degradation.

It was expanded in 1989 and again in 1994; the new part becoming known as Ein Sarid HaHadasha (lit.