[3] The recreation area nearly doubled in size after several adjacent parcels were purchased by New York State from The Nature Conservancy starting in the late 2000s.

[4] Open year-round, the recreation area offers panoramic views of the countryside, including Honeoye Lake.

The park has one picnic pavilion, and offers hiking, cross-country skiing, and biking trails, and hunting.

Sixteen miles (26 km) of trails, ranging in difficulty from novice to expert, are constructed, maintained, and groomed by the Rochester Cross Country Ski Foundation.

[6][7] The Muller Field Station near this park is utilized often by Finger Lakes Community College's conservation department in monitoring local wildlife populations and training students in valuable methods and techniques, such as imitating scent rubbing.