Burra Creek Nature Reserve comprises a small part of a timbered ridge. Dry shrub and tussock grass forests dominate the vegetation communities found in the reserve. These communities are a remnant of the forest communities previously found in the Burra and Urila areas, where significant areas of land have been cleared for agricultural development.
Burra Creek Nature Reserve is connected to Googong Foreshores (managed by the ACT Government) and Cuumbeun Nature Reserve, thus forming part of a larger conservation area. The reserve forms part of the Queanbeyan River catchment upstream of Googong Dam, which supplies domestic water to Canberra and Queanbeyan.
