Four major Slovak rivers rise below the Kráľova hoľa peak: Váh, Hron, Hnilec and Hornád.

The protection process of the Low Tatras territory started with first attempts in 1918-1921 and right after the second World War.

The aim of this draft was to include the north and south part of the central territory of the Low Tatras.

The status of the national park was published in the same year by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Socialistic Republic in the regulation 120/1978.

The borders of the park and the protection zones were revised on 17 June 1997 by regulation No 182/1997 of the government of the Slovak Republic.