It is bounded on the east by the sea of Kattegat, the forests of Kaløskovene in the west and to the south by multiple inlets, coves and plains of glacially generated moraine.

[5] Mols Bjerge National Park has a rolling and widely varying topography of woodlands and open countryside, created at the end of the last ice age.

[5] As standing witnesses to the ancient Stone Age human habitation of the area, granite barrows, dolmens and passage graves used for burials of chieftains, can be seen throughout the landscape.

It is situated strategically on the small island of Kalø and the route to the castle ruins includes a 500 metres (1,600 ft) stretch of medieval road on a cobblestone embankment.

The coastal cliffs at Hestehave Wood supplied the clay for bricks, when Kalø Castle was built in the early 14th century and the forest here was probably planted later on in the 1500-1600s.

Further inland, the former manor of Kalø Gods from the early 18th century and the hunting lodge of Jagslottet designed by architect Hack Kampmann in 1898 can be found.

The Jenisch was well-liked in the region apparently, but after WW II German property in Denmark was confiscated in order to pay an estimated compensation claim of DK 11.6 billion.

Begtrup vig is a protected Natura 2000 area, but visitors are welcome and the shallow cove offers good and safe opportunities for snorkeling and windsurfing.

The seafloor along the coast here, comprise a cold water stony reef with an extensive kelp forest known as the Blak, offering good snorkeling opportunities in the summer months.

Deciduous trees such as beech, oak, ash, black alder and willow dominate and the forest floor is covered with plants that can only thrive in ancient woodlands, such as the white-flowered Wood Anemone, the purple Early Dog-violet or the yellow Lesser celandine.

Tolløkke Wood has been in possession of the citizens of Ebeltoft for centuries and it used to house summertime celebrations at Skovpavillionen - a dance pavilion in the midst of the forest.

[5][14] Ahl Plantation is a coastal forest planted in the later part of the 19th century on a large depositional protrusion southwest of Ebeltoft and comprise both salt marsh and woodland.

The northward shores are very shallow and attracts flocks of foraging gulls and wading birds such as lapwing, curlew, oystercatcher and ringed plover.

Agriculture has marked the entire landscape and ecosystem of Mols very heavily for centuries and only small patches and remnants of the former ancient woodland exist nowadays.

The forest habitat of Skovbjerg consists of old acidophilous woodland of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), characterized by a low diversity of vascular plants, but many different epiphytic lichens.

Threatened nature habitats like beach meadows, coastal heath and salt marshes holds important flora and fauna to be protected.

[16] The mammals in the park include red fox, hare, roe deer, alongside reptiles like the viviparous lizard and the European adder.