It is located 12 km from Robertsganj, near Salkhan village on state highway SH5A in Sonbhadra district.

The park is spread over an area of about 25 hectares in Kaimur Range, adjacent to Kaimoor Wildlife Sanctuary.

On 23 August 2001, the area was featured in an article written by journalist Vijay Shankar Chaturvedi for the Hindi newspaper Hindustan.

Subsequently, it was formally inaugurated as a fossil park by District Magistrate Bhagawan Shankar on 8 August 2002.

[1] An international workshop was organised in December 2002, attracting participation from 42 delegates from India and abroad.