It is part of the forest complex Stepin Lug-Baba Velka-Torlak-Jajinci, which is the largest wooden area in Belgrade.
[1] Stepin Lug is located on the south-eastern outskirts of Belgrade, 13 km (8.1 miles) from downtown.
The southern border is marked by the road of Kružni put and eastern by the Belgrade-Niš highway.
On 23 May 1972 the wooded complex Torlak-Baba Velka('s forest) was declared a park under the name "Titov Gaj", celebrating Yugoslav Communist president Josip Broz Tito's 80th birthday.
[5] Despite the bad traffic connection with downtown, in 2020-2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, number of visitors from Belgrade grew as the city parks and green areas were closed or the access was restricted.