[1] The monument is located in the neighborhood of Urca, near where the first settlement of the city of Rio de Janeiro was made.

Attractions include the "Bondinho" cable car ride, inaugurated in 1912, Cláudio Coutinho Track (with information boards about the geology and ecology) for running or walking, the Morro da Urca trail with views of Corcovado, Copacabana, Botafogo and Guanabara Bay, and many rock climbing routes.

A landfill connected the island to the mainland in 1697, and various buildings were erected to defend the territory, but the Urca urban neighborhood was only built 300 years after the city was founded.

[4] The Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument was created by the city of Rio de Janeiro by municipal decree 26578 of 1 June 2006.

The objectives are to guarantee green spaces for leisure in a natural area, and to conserve, protect and recover the existing Atlantic Forest ecosystem and landscape.