 On 27 May 2004, the following conservation parks which adjoined the boundaries of the Ngarkat Conservation Park were incorporated into the conservation park and then abolished - 
Mount Rescue Conservation Park, Mount Shaugh Conservation Park and Scorpion Springs Conservation Park.The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.The conservation park occupies in land in a number of gazetted localities with the majority being in Ngarkat and the remainder being in Parilla, Parrakie and Pinnaroo.