Montgomery Parks Deer Population Management Program Locations & Park Closure Schedule
Fall 2026 – Winter 2027
Archery Managed Deer Hunting Programming
(Hunting by M-NCPPC Permit, Only: Lottery-based = Pre-screened Individual hunters; Cooperative = Pre-selected, Organized Groups)
No Park Closure – Parks remain open to public as usual. Hunting may occur Monday – Saturday, September – January, annually. Legal hunting hours are ½ hour before sunrise until ½ hour after sunset.
- Bennett Creek Conservation Park (Damascus)
- Black Hill Regional Park [Day Use segment east of Rte. 121] (Boyds)
- Blockhouse Point Conservation Park (Darnestown)
- Bucklodge Conservation Park (Boyds)
- Cabin John Stream Valley Park Units 1, 2 & 3 (Bethesda/Cabin John)
- Damascus Recreational Park/Magruder Branch Stream Valley Park [including Wildcat Branch SVU3] (Watkins Rd. northwest to Sweepstakes Rd.) (Damascus)
- Great Seneca Stream Valley Park Unit 1 (Gaithersburg)
- Great Seneca Stream Valley Park Units 3 – 4/Goshen Branch Stream Valley Park (Gaithersburg/Germantown)
- Little Bennett Creek Stream Valley Park (Clarksburg)
- Lois Y. Green Conservation Park/Cabin Branch Steam Valley Park/Hunters Woods Local Park (Gaithersburg)
- Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park Units 1, 2 & 3 (Darnestown/North Potomac)
- North Branch Stream Valley Park Unit 4 (Olney)
- North Germantown Greenway/Great Seneca Stream Valley Park Unit 2 [including Blunt Road LP] (Gaithersburg/Germantown)
- Oak Ridge Conservation Park (Damascus)
- Royce Hanson Conservation Park at Broad Run (Dickerson)
- Ten Mile Creek Conservation Park (W. Old Baltimore Rd. northeast to Slidell Rd) (Boyds)
- Washington Grove Conservation Park/Piedmont Crossing Local Park (Washington Grove/Derwood)
- Watts Branch Stream Valley Park Units 1, 2, 3 & 4 (Potomac/Travilah)
Firearms Managed Hunting Programming
(Firearms Hunting by M-NCPPC Permit, Only: Lottery-based = Pre-screened Individual hunters; Cooperative = Pre-selected, Organized Groups)
Parks are CLOSED for 24 hours on each scheduled date
October
8 – Hoyles Mill Conservation Park (Boyds)
10 – Bennett Creek Conservation Park (Damascus)
16 – Woodstock Equestrian Park (Beallsville)
27 – Rachel Carson Conservation Park (Olney)
29 – Black Hill Regional Park: 10 Mile Creek Segment (Boyds) & Bucklodge Forest Conservation Park (Olney)
31 – Hoyles Mill Conservation Park (Boyds)
November
3 – Rachel Carson Conservation Park (Olney)
5 – Woodstock Equestrian Park (Beallsville)
7 – Bennett Creek Conservation Park (Damascus)
12 – Hoyles Mill Conservation Park (Boyds)
14 – Black Hill Regional Park: 10 Mile Creek Segment (Boyds) & Bucklodge Forest Conservation Park (Boyds)
17 – Rachel Carson Conservation Park (Olney)
19 – Woodstock Equestrian Park (Beallsville)
21 – Hoyles Mill Conservation Park (Boyds)
December
1 – Rachel Carson Conservation Park (Olney)
2 – Royce Hanson Conservation Park at Broad Run (Dickerson)
3 – Hoyles Mill Conservation Park (Boyds)
5 – Woodstock Equestrian Park (Beallsvile)
8 – Little Bennett Regional Park (Clarksburg)
9 – Little Bennett Regional Park (Clarksburg)
11 – Black Hill Regional Park: 10 Mile Creek Segment (Boyds) & Bucklodge Forest Conservation Park (Boyds)
15 – Little Bennett Regional Park (Clarksburg)
16 – Little Bennett Regional Park (Clarksburg)
17 – Bennett Creek Conservation Park (Damascus)
18 – Little Bennett Regional Park (Clarksburg)
19 – Hoyles Mill Conservation Park (Boyds)
30 – Royce Hanson Conservation Park at Broad Run (Dickerson)
January
2 – Woodstock Equestrian Park (Beallsvile)
6 – Royce Hanson Conservation Park at Broad Run (Dickerson)
7 – Hoyles Mill Conservation Park (Boyds)
9 – Bennett Creek Conservation Park (Damascus)
16 – Black Hill Regional Park: 10 Mile Creek Segment (Boyds) & Bucklodge Forest Conservation Park (Boyds)
23 – Hoyles Mill Conservation Park (Boyds)
Tenant-based Managed Deer Hunting Program
(Tenant-facilitated M-NCPPC Permit, only)
Restricted Public Access Year-round
- Goshen Recreation Park (Goshen)
Park Police-based Sharpshooting Operation Locations 2027
(Parks and Trails Closed, January 15 – March 31 from Sunset – Sunrise, Monday-Friday)
The following park locations included in winter 2027 field operations:
Active FY2027
- Agricultural History Farm Park (and attached segments of Rock Creek SVU’s 15 and 16) (Derwood)
- Layhill Local Park (Wheaton)
- Martin Luther King Jr. Recreational Park (Silver Spring)
- Northwest Branch Recreation Park (Aspen Hill)
- Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park, Unit 4 [including Kemp Mill Estates LP] (Silver Spring)
- Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park, Unit 7 (Norwood)
- Northwest Golf Course (Wheaton)
- Ovid Hazen Wells Recreational Park (Clarksburg)
- Paint Branch Stream Valley Park, Units 5 & 6 and attached Paint Branch Neighborhood Park, Pilgrim Hills Local Park, Tamarack Neighborhood Park, and Valley Mill Special Park (Silver Spring/Colesville)
- Red Door Store Historical Cultural Park (Sandy Spring)
- Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park Unit 5 [including Colt Terrace NP] (Silver Spring)
- Wheaton Regional Park (Wheaton)
- Woodlawn Cultural Special Park (Sandy Spring)
The following locations are postponed and remain within the program but will NOT be included in winter 2027 field operations:
Inactive FY2027
- Cabin John Regional Park (Bethesda)
- Laytonia Recreational Park (Gaithersburg)
- Muncaster Recreational Park (Gaithersburg)
- Needwood Golf Course (Rockville)
- North Branch Stream Valley Park, Units 2 & 3 (Norbeck)
- Rock Creek Regional Park (Rockville)
- Rock Creek Stream Valley Park, Unit 2 (Chevy Chase)
- Rock Creek Stream Valley Park, Unit 3 (Bethesda/Kensington)
- Rock Creek Stream Valley Park, Unit 7 (Aspen Hill)
- Sligo Creek Golf Course (Silver Spring)
- Pope Farm Nursery (Gaithersburg)