As a national park, the property is owned by the NSW Officer of Environment and Heritage, an agency of the Government of New South Wales.

The national park is representative of the shrub rangeland in western New South Wales, it provides one of the best examples of this land type in conjunction with wattle (Acacia spp.)

The area, due to its size, is an important wildlife refuge, and has a significant species diversity including 246 native species, as well as a high diversity of landforms including Aeolian dune systems, Mitchell Grass Plains, the Jump Ups and Gibber Desert.

Here the Jump Ups, a range of low flat topped hills (mesa) run through the centre of the park and along its eastern boundary.

Its important documents of the long history of station operations, and a potential research resource in terms of its archaeological values.

Its important documents of the long history of station operations, and a potential research resource in terms of its archaeological values.

[1][7] As at 11 January 2002, Mount Wood Homestead complex, shearers quarters, woolshed, woolscours and outstations are significant in that they demonstrate a continuity of pastoral activity in the arid north-west of NSW over a one hundred-year period.

They are both important documents of the long history of station operations, and a potential research resource in terms of their archaeological values.

[1] The survival of the range of elements present at Mount Wood is believed to be already uncommon in western NSW, and may become increasingly rare as time passes.