Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park is a

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

state park State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...

dedicated to the life and work of abolitionist and

Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad was a network of clandestine routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early- to mid-19th century. It was used by enslaved African Americans primarily to escape into free states and Canada. T ...

activist

Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 slaves, including family and friends, us ...

. The park is on Route 335 near Church Creek in Dorchester County, adjacent to

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge The Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1933 as a waterfowl sanctuary for birds migrating along the critical migration highway called the Atlantic Flyway. The refuge is located on Maryland's Eastern Shore, just south of C ...

History

The park was created in 2007 through a land swap with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and developed in conjunction with the

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park is a National Park Service unit in the U.S. state of Maryland. It commemorates the life of former enslaved Harriet Tubman, who became an activist in the Underground Railroad prior to ...

. The park is the traihead for the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway and

All American Road A National Scenic Byway is a road recognized by the United States Department of Transportation for one or more of six "intrinsic qualities": archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and scenic. The program was established by Co ...

. The

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center is a visitors' center and history museum located on the grounds of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park (a Maryland state park) in Church Creek, Maryland, in the United States. T ...

opened in the park on March 11, 2017.

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Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center Welcome Guide
Maryland Park Service
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
National Park Service {{authority control African-American history of Maryland Harriet Tubman Parks in Dorchester County, Maryland State parks of Maryland Underground Railroad locations Memorials to Harriet Tubman Protected areas established in 2007