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Charcoal Exhibit Trail: Making Charcoal

A wayside panel next to a clearing surrounded by a wooden fence.
The charcoal burning process took a couple weeks.

NPS Photo/Conrad Provan

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Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits

Once a hearth site had been prepared, the cords of wood assembled, covered with dust and leaves, and the fire had been lit at the center, a collier would monitor his hearth for 2 weeks untill all the wood was converted into charcoal.

Catoctin Mountain Park

Last updated: May 7, 2021