The park covers approximately 11,419 hectares of land with 1897 hectares above 2000 meters in elevation, and consists mainly of pine forest, grasslands, and some montane broadleaf forest above 1,700 m (5,600 ft) elevation.

[1] The Haitian government established the La Visite National Park in 1983.

The park's vegetation is broadleaf forest, grasslands and pine trees.

The Hispaniolan Pine (Pinus occidentalis) is the most widespread tree in the park.

[2] A number of threatened species, including some endemic to the island of Hispaniola, can be seen in the park.