[4] The main feature of the park is a twenty-three room 13,000-square-foot (1,200 m2) mansion called Flat Top Manor built around the early 1900s.

At the manor, there is a craft shop and demonstration center,[5] along with an information desk and book store.

[6] The activities in the park are walking, hiking, cross-country skiing, and horseback riding.

The park is open year-round and sees 225,000 people each year being the most visited recreational place on the Blue Ridge Parkway [7] and second in visitors after the Folk Art Center that sees 250,000 visitors.

[8] Together with the Julian Price Memorial Park, it is the largest developed area set aside for public recreation on the Blue Ridge Parkway.