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

Examples

• The national park contains several inholdings that were established before the park’s creation.
• The government is negotiating to purchase the inholding to complete the protected area.
• Many inholdings in national forests date back to homestead claims from the 1800s.
• The family’s inholding has been surrounded by federal land for over fifty years.
• Park managers must work around inholdings when planning conservation projects.
• The small inholding disrupts the continuity of the wilderness area.