The park is set in the semi-arid Palliser's Triangle in an upland area called Wood Mountain Hills.

Amenities and attractions within the park include the Rodeo Ranch Museum, Wood Mountain Stampede, Sitting Bull Monument, ball diamonds, campsites, concessions, swimming pool, and hiking and bicycling trails.

Later that year, the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) on their March West to deal with the Cypress Hills Massacre, bought the depot and used it to establish relations with local First Nations, patrol the border with the United States, and to police whisky traders, horse thieves, and cattle rustlers.

The Canadian government was concerned that the Sioux would cause problems, and charged James Walsh of the NWMP with maintaining control of what amounted to Canada's first attempted peace keeping mission.

Chief Sitting Bull and some of his people returned to the United States after five years while most stayed in the Wood Mountain area.

In 1890, the Wood Mountain Stampede was established by the North-West Mounted Police to promote sports and to celebrate the July 1 Dominion Day holiday.