The Serra da Tiririca State Park is divided between the municipalities of Niterói and Maricá, Rio de Janeiro.

[2] This includes a marine park that extends 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) offshore between Pontas do Alto Mourão and Costão de Itacoatiara.

[1] The Serra da Tiririca region has many archaeological sites, particularly in Itaipu, which has important sambaquis (middens) left by different groups of indigenous people.

After this the Ecological Citizenship Movement (MCE) led development of a study to prepare the technical and legal basis for the park, including a draft built that was forwarded to the state legislature through Carlos Minc.

[2] The vegetation of the Serra da Tiririca is in the Atlantic Forest biome, consisting of dense montane or submontane rainforest.

Other trails in the park lead to lookouts over the city of Rio de Janeiro and the beaches of Niterói and Maricá.