The natural, historic, cultural and tourist assets given special protection in this park include the scenic north-west part of the Urzędowskie Heights and the stretch of the Małopolski Gorge of the Vistula River between Piotrawin and Józefów. The area has a much diversified lay of the land with loessial ravines and steep escarpments of the valley of the Vistula River. The landscape features orchards and fields with fruit plantations as well as forests with old-growth woods (which cover 40% of the protected area). Historic sights worth seeing include a 15th-century church in Piotrawin and a Baroque church and a monastery of the Bernardine Order from the 18th c.
