[2][6] The conservation park consists of land in section 86 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Peacock which is located on the northern side of Ballater Road, also known as the Kingston - Keith road.

It is reported that the dedication of the national park followed a “protracted dispute and considerable public interest in protecting the granite outcrops.” [6][8] As of 2018, it covered an area of 1.4 square kilometres (0.54 sq mi).

However, the park also contains Asplenium flabellifolium which is an endangered fern and six other plant species which are rare in South Australia… Over sixty species of birds have been recorded and one of the mammals recorded, Cercartetus lepidus (little pigmy possum), is uncommon in SA… Jip Jip Conservation Park features granitic inselbergs surrounded by sandy swales and ridges.

Around the granitic outcrops Casuarina stricta is a prominent tree with the eucalypts and tall shrubs of Bursaria spinosa, Dodonaea viscosa, Melaleuca uncinata and Prostanthera behriana are common.

The park is relatively unmodified although it is a popular picnic spot.As of 1992, visitors to the conservation park was “local residents for picnics, walking and viewing the granite outcrops, as well as by bird observers and field naturalists.”[6] The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.