1. privately owned land located within the boundaries of a national park, forest, or other public land area
Usage: legal; land management

Examples

• The national park contains several inholdings that were established before the park’s creation.
• Managing inholdings within federal lands can be challenging for park administrators.
• The government is negotiating to purchase the remaining inholdings in the wilderness area.
• These inholdings date back to homestead claims from the 1800s.
• Environmental groups advocate for acquiring inholdings to protect ecosystem integrity.
• The family’s cabin sits on one of the few remaining inholdings in the national forest.