It is famous for containing the largest Rügen chalk cliffs in Germany, the highest of which is Königsstuhl (German = "king's chair"), rising to 118 m (387 ft) above the Baltic Sea.

One of the most scenic and best known of the chalk outcrops, the Wissower Klinken, collapsed into the Baltic Sea on 24 February 2005, in a landslide caused by spring-thaw weather conditions.

In the woods of the Stubnitz, behind the cliffs, there are numerous water-filled dells and hollows, most of which came into existence as ice-age dead-ice holes.

[6] A wide range of plants is found in this area, for example, black alder, European crab apple, wild service tree, yew and orchids (such as Cypripedium calceolus).

A variety of birds lives in the park, including white-tailed eagles, common kingfishers, house martins and peregrine falcons.