It is one of the main conservation areas in the municipality along with the Serra do Taquaruçu (Araponga Municipal Nature Park) and Serra da Maravilha (Maravilha Environmental Protection Area).

[3] The Pedra das Flores Natural Monument was created by municipal decree 1.651 of 2005.

[1] That year the conservation unit was swept by a fire started by a farmer on pasture beside the site.

[3] It was included in the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic, created in December 2006.

In 2009 the unit was again partially consumed by a fire that burned all the vegetation from the banks of the Calçado River to the rock wall that leads to the Campo Dois, a favorite location for camping and climbing.