The area contains 48 bodies of water covering 569 acres (2.3 km2), 26.5 miles (42.6 km) of foot trails, and 2 lean-tos.

The forest cover is chiefly mixed hardwoods and softwoods with some stands of nearly pure hemlock in large diameter size.

In the swamp area along streams and at the higher elevations around the mountain tops, the forest cover runs predominantly to spruce and balsam.

Silver Lake is the principal attraction near the center of this area, chiefly for brook trout fishermen.

Big Eddy on the West Branch of the Sacandaga River and Cathead Mountain also attract visitors to the area.