Doncaster Demonstration Forest is a

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Charles County Charles County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 166,617. The county seat is La Plata. The county was named for Charles Calvert (1637–1715), third Baron Baltimore. The ...

of the state

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. The park is in size. It serves as an educational resource where a variety of

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practices, forest best management practices and wildlife

habitat management Habitat conservation is a management practice that seeks to conserve, protect and restore habitats and prevent species extinction, fragmentation or reduction in range. It is a priority of many groups that cannot be easily characterized in term ...

practices are implemented and studied. Recreational opportunities in Doncaster include hunting, hiking, horseback riding and mountain biking. It contains about of marked trails.

Location

Doncaster Demonstration Forest is located at

Nanjemoy Nanjemoy is a settlement along Maryland Route 6 in southwestern Charles County, Maryland, Charles County, Maryland, United States, and the surrounding large rural area more or less bounded by Nanjemoy Creek to the east and north, and the Potomac ...

in Charles County, Maryland. It is on the north side of Port Tobacco Road, due east of Gilroy Road, and the west side of Gilroy Road, south of the Gilroy Road and Port Tobacco road intersection. Doncaster is west of La Plata off of Maryland Route 6.

References

External links

Maryland DNR Forest Service – Doncaster Demonstration Forest
Maryland state forests Protected areas of Charles County, Maryland {{Maryland-protected-area-stub