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Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park

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- Grand Opening
  
March 10, 2017

Groundbreaking
  
2013

Area
  
7 ha

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park

Management
  
Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park is a Maryland state park dedicated to the life and work of abolitionist and Underground Railroad activist Harriet Tubman.

The park is on Route 335 near Church Creek in Dorchester County, adjacent to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. The park, which was created in 2007 through a land swap with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is being developed in conjunction with the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument and is the trailhead for the 125-mile (201 km) Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway and All American Road.

On March 11, 2017, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center will open in the park.

References

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park Wikipedia