It lies within an altitude of 220–500 m asl and is dominated by the tallest flowering plant in the world: mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans).

Sherbrooke Forest is situated within the historic territory of the indigenous Wurundjeri clan, of the Woiwurrung people, of the Kulin nation.

[1] This site features a kiosk, public toilets, drinking fountains, and park benches.

[2] Puffing Billy Railway runs through the southernmost edge of Sherbrooke Forest, near the Belgrave terminus.

Sherbrooke Forest is famous for its population of superb lyrebirds (Menura novaehollandiae) and was an early, and still important, site for the study and conservation of this species.