Neris Regional Park covers about 10,000 hectare

Hectare

The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...

s in Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

. Its territory lies within the Vilnius district municipality

Vilnius district municipality

Vilnius district municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. It surrounds the capital on 3 sides, and the Trakai district municipality touches it on one....

, the Trakai district municipality

Trakai district municipality

-History:The Trakai district became significant early in its history due to the Old Trakai Castle built by the Grand Duke Gediminas in the 13th century. Many other castles were built in the area soon after this one, including the Trakai Peninsula Castle and the Trakai Island Castle...

, and the Elektrėnai municipality

Elektrenai municipality

Elektrėnai municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania....

. Portions of the park are privately owned.

The park is divided into zones, including 11 restricted nature reserves and a cultural reserve. The most heavily-wooded of Lithuania's regional parks, it includes one of the largest and oldest surviving stands of oak

Oak

An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 600 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...

trees in the country.