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Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park

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Introduction

Background: 1

Harriet Tubman was a deeply spiritual woman who lived her ideals and dedicated her life to freedom. She is the Underground Railroad’s best known conductor and before the Civil War repeatedly risked her life to guide 70 enslaved people north to new lives of freedom. This new national historical park preserves the same landscapes that Tubman used to carry herself and others away from slavery.

Geography

Designation: 3

National Historical Park

State or territory: 4

Maryland

Park Map - Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park: 5

Map of Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Maryland. Shown in the context of the mid-Atlantic United States, the park is indicated with a green dot labeled with a green callout box between the Chesapeake Bay near the east coast of Maryland and the Atlantic Ocean.
Park Map - Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park · National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Center · Official map PDF ↗

Map scope: Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park

Map of Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Maryland. Shown in the context of the mid-Atlantic United States, the park is indicated with a green dot labeled with a green callout box between the Chesapeake Bay near the east coast of Maryland and the Atlantic Ocean.

History and culture

History & Culture: 6

The Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad refers to the movement of self-emancipation of enslaved people of African descent to escape bondage and gain freedom, and the network of people and places who aided their escapes. While self-emancipation, escape, and resistance have existed everywhere that there has been human slavery, the Underground Railroad generally refers to a period in the early to mid-19th century United States--particularly after the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act--with organized methods and people who actively assisted escapes. While most freedom seekers self-emancipated without assistance, organized activity to assist escapes increased every decade that slavery was legal in the United States. Harriet Tubman did extraordinary work with abolitionist causes and as the Underground Railroad's most famous conductor. Her heroic efforts in personally leading people out of slavery to freedom in the North defined her as the "Moses of her People." Learn more about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad in the articles below:

Visitor centers and places

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center: 7

The National Park Service jointly operates the visitor center facility for the public in partnership with the Maryland Park Service.

Visitor information

Physical Address: 8

4068 Golden Hill Road
Church Creek, MD 21622

Mailing Address: 9

4068 Golden Hill Road
Church Creek, MD 21622

Telephone: 10

(410) 221-2290

Visitation

Recreation visits: 11

15,348 (2025)

Sources & field notes

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  1. Background · Official park structured information. Open source ↗

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  2. Chicone Longhouse exterior · NPS Image. Open source ↗

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  5. Park Map - Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park · National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Center. Open source ↗

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  6. History & Culture · National Park Service. Open source ↗

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  7. Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center · National Park Service park structured data. Open source ↗

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  8. Physical Address · Official park structured information. Open source ↗

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  9. Mailing Address · Official park structured information. Open source ↗

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  10. Telephone · Official park structured information. Open source ↗

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  11. Recreation visits · National Park Service Visitor Use Statistics. Open source ↗

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    2025
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    2026-10-30
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    Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad NHP
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