The park is part of a sandy spit of land called Long Point that juts out into the lake.

Long Point Provincial Park is famous for its migrating birds during spring and fall, and attracts thousands of birdwatchers.

The park is within the most significant part of the core range of the Fowler's toad (Anaxyrus fowleri).

There are two parts to the park, the "Old Park" (also known as Cottonwood Campground), which is a small chunk of land surrounded by cottages that contains about eighty camp sites; it just recently got showers and comfort stations (washroom).

The other section is the "new park", which contains Firefly, Monarch's Rest and Turtle Dunes Campgrounds as well as a boat launch and many good views of the marshes and Long Point Bay.