It is located 26 kilometres (16 mi) south-east of Perth,[3] on edge of Darling Scarp overlooking the Swan Coastal Plain.

[1] It was formerly known as Pickering Brook National Park until 2008.

It adjoins Midgegooroo National Park on the south.

Western portions of the park lie in the Swan Coastal Plain bioregion.

The portion of the park east of the Darling Scarp lies in the Jarrah Forest bioregion.