El Parque Los Haitises  fue declarado parque nacional en  República Dominicana  mediante la Ley 409 del 3 de junio of 1976, although already in 1968 Law 244 had created a Forest Reserve called the Los Haitises Prohibited Zone.

The park is located in the northeast of the Dominican Republic, framed by the Samaná Bay, of which it is a part.