Set upon a limestone plateau south of Grenoble, the park extends into the French Western Alps.

[citation needed] It spans two departments, Drôme and Isère, and covers a total area of 135,000 hectares (330,000 acres).

During World War II, it served as a safe and defensible position for the French Resistance: Forteresse de la Résistance.

[2] The area now contains around three hundred monuments to the Resistance, including a memorial center and the preserved remains of a destroyed village.

[3] In modern times, Vercors has become a popular tourist destination frequented for skiing, hiking and spelunking.