The national park forms part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.

The most prominent feature of the park is King Davids Peak with an elevation of 1,509 metres (4,951 ft) above sea level.

Much of the walking track consists of raised boards, from Wild Dog Creek through to Dixon's Kingdom, with the purpose of protecting the fragile alpine vegetation.

Walking tracks elsewhere in the park consist of rock, rocky earth, grassland and marsh.

[citation needed] The locality has an area of 517.7 square kilometres (199.9 sq mi), all of which is occupied by the national park.