It was created in 1984 in order to preserve the unique landscape of the western part of the Solska Forest, one of the vastest forests in Poland extending from the valley of the Vistula River to the eastern state border. It is mostly a coniferous forest with prevalent pines and firs and well-preserved old-growth woods.
In the nearby village of Szklarnia there is a refuge of the Biłgoraj horse – a breed descended from the extinct Tarpan. Numerous war memorials, monuments and soldiers’ graves testify of a turbulent past this area witnessed. The largest battle was fought near Porytowe Wzgórze on 14th June 1944 by Polish and Russian partisans against the German army.
