The protected area is named after the village of Polonezköy, which was settled in 1842 by a small group of Polish emigrants, after the failed November Uprising.

The settlement was initially named "Adamköy" or "Adampol" (literally Adamville) in honor of Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, and was renamed later to "Polonez Karyesi".

[2] The nature park offers many outdoor recreational activities such as picnicking, camping, trekking and orienteering.

Common plants include black pine (Pinus nigra), Turkish pine (Pinus brutia), Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), sessile oak (Quercus petraea), Turkey oak (Quercus cerris), Hungarian oak (Quercus frainetto), horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa), Norway spruce (Picea abies), oriental plane (Platanus orientalis), Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens), common hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), Scots elm (Ulmus glabra), alder (Alnus orientalis), oriental beech (Fagus orientalis), silver linden (Tilia tomentosa), oriental arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis), Smilax (Smilax excelsa), bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo), common laurel (Laurocerasus officinalis), cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis), common hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), scarlet firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea), giant heather (Erica arborea) and guelder-rose (Viburnum opulus).

Wild animals observed in the protected area include mammals like red deer, roe deer, wild boars, jackals, squirrels, martens, weasels, and the bird species of pheasant, partridge, hawk, buzzard, falcon, eurasian blackbird, European goldfinch, common wood pigeon, owl, magpie and sparrow.