Doncaster Demonstration Forest
{{Short description|State park in Maryland, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{More footnotes|date=December 2016}}
Doncaster Demonstration Forest is a state park in Charles County of the state Maryland. The park is {{convert|1,447|acre}} in size. It serves as an educational resource where a variety of silvicultural practices, forest best management practices and wildlife habitat management practices are implemented and studied. Recreational opportunities in Doncaster include hunting, hiking, horseback riding and mountain biking. It contains about {{convert|13|mi}} of marked trails.{{Cite web|url=https://dnr.maryland.gov/forests/Pages/publiclands/southern_doncasterdemoforest.aspx|title=Southern Doncaster Demonstration Forest|website=dnr.maryland.gov|access-date=2020-02-07}}
Location
Doncaster Demonstration Forest is located at Nanjemoy 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.{{Cite web|url=https://dnr.state.md.us/forests/Pages/publiclands/southern_doncasterdemoforest.aspx|title=Southern Doncaster Demonstration Forest |publisher=Maryland Department of Natural Resources |access-date=2020-02-07}} Doncaster is {{convert|12|mi}} west of La Plata off of Maryland Route 6.
References
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110419165123/http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/southern/DoncasterDF.asp Maryland DNR Forest Service – Doncaster Demonstration Forest]
{{Protected Areas of Maryland}}
{{coord|38|30|19.5|N|77|11|56|W|display=title}}
Category:Maryland state forests
Category:Protected areas of Charles County, Maryland
{{CharlesCountyMD-geo-stub}}
{{Maryland-protected-area-stub}}