The Sandilands area has been logged for decades, and it is popular amongst most for hiking, hunting, and camping.

The large sand eskers and hills were left behind by the last ice age as the glaciers retreated and deposited large rocks, boulders, and vast amounts of sand.

[1] Sandilands Provincial Forest is a mixed deciduous‐coniferous forest comprising dry sandy ridges of trembling aspen, jack pine, and white birch mixed with wetter lowlands of black spruce, tamarack, white cedar, and black ash.

[2] In descending order of land area, the forest is located within the Rural Municipalities of Reynolds, Piney, and Stuartburn.

The southernmost points in the forest lie on the border with the state of Minnesota.