Access is via Bilaspur which is 1km from Gobind Sagar and 31km from the adjoining Naina Devi Sanctuary. Both sites were first notified as sanctuaries on 5 December 1962 and re-notified on 27 March 1974.
Local people enjoy certain rights.
Naina Devi is located in the inner Siwaliks and harbours flora and fauna more akin to that found in the forests of the northern plains of India than in the Himalaya. There are also some dry bamboo brakes. Commercial plantation of chir and Acacia spp. were established in Naina Devi over 1,427ha between 1979 and 1984. Eucalyptus sp. has been introduced. Reptiles include Indian cobra Naja naja , northern house gecko Hemidactylus flaviviridis , common Indian krait Bungarus caeruleus , Indianmonitor Varanus bengalensis and ratsnake Ptyas mucosus .