The Park is located on top of the Ocotillo Hills overlooking Carlsbad and the Pecos River valley. You can soar with eagles at the beginning of the tour. The park's aviary is a peaceful screened-in area full of trees. Several species of birds reside there, including the raven and the owl . Birds fly freely around the visitors who are asked to remain quiet in order not to frighten them.
Informational signs are visible throughout the park to give visitors science lessons.
The natural exhibits feature native plants of the desert's ecosystem, including the sand hills, gypsum hills, desert uplands and pinion-juniper zones. Shade structures and picnic tables are available near the park's pond, home to dozens of ducks, geese and native turtles. Among the park's residents are rattlesnakes, kit foxes , rare Mexican wolves, a prairie dog town, deer, bobcats, black bear, elk or buffalo. The park provides environmental education for young and old, story-telling, guided tours and a zoo camp. The Visitors Center features interpretive exhibits on the Capitan Reef and Permian Basin as well as on animal and plant communities.