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The Red Hill Activity Center is the main visitors center for the park. It is located at the park's main entrance on Red Hill Road, outside is the main playground for the park and inside features rooms for workshops, classes, and auditions. Attached to the Red Hill Activity Center is also the Heath
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The park features more than 6 miles (9.7 km) of open hiking trails, through lush open fields into dense forests, utilized by hikers, joggers, bicyclists, and equestrians. The park features numerous different trail paths, ranging from easy to moderate in difficulty in its terrain and
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The Tatum Family homestead is now the Holland Activity Center. It is located near the back entrance of the park on Holland Road. The historic homestead is also a venue hall, it can accompany 150 or so people for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, and other occasions.
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After Charles' death, his daughter-in-law Genevieve donated 73 acres (30 ha) of their property to the county to create the park. Purchases made by the
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Tatum park is a vast park that features a playground, two activity centers, and miles of scenic trails.
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accessibility. It is one of the most elaborate and equally accessible among hiking trails in the
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memorabilia from some of the county's earliest Black residents, that came during the
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Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District
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in the South, were instrumental in the early Black community in
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Tatum Park is located in Monmouth County, New Jersey
Tatum Park is located in New Jersey
Tatum Park is located in the United States
Middletown, New Jersey
Coordinates
40°23′8″N 74°8′19″W / 40.38556°N 74.13861°W / 40.38556; -74.13861 (Thompson Park)
Monmouth County Park System
Middletown Township
New Jersey
Monmouth County Park System
New York
Keyport
summer residence
Land and Water Conservation Fund
New Jersey Conservation Foundation
African-American
Underground Railroad
Great Migration
American South
enslaved
Monmouth County
park system
Central Jersey



"Monmouth County Park System: Tatum Park Brochure"
Monmouth County Park System

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