- Greenbelt Park
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name = Greenbelt Park
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location =Prince George's County, Maryland , USA
nearest_city = Greenbelt, MD
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established = 1950 [http://www.nps.gov/applications/budget2/documents/chronop.pdf]
governing_body =National Park Service Greenbelt Park, located in Greenbelt,
Maryland , is managed by the United States National Park Service. Theforest edpark lies approximately 10 miles northeast ofWashington, D.C. , and is situated just within the Capital Beltway (which bounds the park to the northeast). The park land was originally intended to form part of thegreen belt surrounding the city of Greenbelt. The southern portion was assigned to the National Park Service, thus forming the park, while another section became part of theHenry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC).Recreational facilities include a 5.3 mile
hiking and equestriantrail , several shorter nature trails, numerouscampsite s, and threepicnic areas.The park received its National Park designation in
1950 , and was acquired along with the land that would form theBaltimore-Washington Parkway . The parkway divides the park in a roughly north-south direction. Nearly all of the park's facilities are located within the larger western portion (the eastern portion has one fire road).External links
* [http://www.nps.gov/gree/index.htm Official website]
* [http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/Nps/grbeintro.htm Birds of Greenbelt Park] (Patuxent Wildlife Research Center website)
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