The park protects coastal plains, beach ridges and sandy hills of the Annie River water catchment.

[1] A signing ceremony marking the creation of the new national park was held at Coen on 10 July 2008.

[3] It contains an important plant species Eucalyptus tetrodonta also known as Darwin stringybark.

It also protects the habitat of the critically endangered Red goshawk.

[4] The two properties which formed the park were known as Running Creek and Lilyvale.