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Walk #25 ("Monmouth Battlefield State Park") in
History Walks in New Jersey gives a general description
of this park, and of the very important battle fought here, but it provides no specific hike to follow. So, armed with
this map
and a couple of brochures we obtained from the visitor's center, we improvised, spending a very enjoyable 2.5 hours walking nearly 5 miles through history on an extremely
blustery morning.
Our hike was an amalgamation of the History Hike (which can be seen in red on the aforementioned map) and two hikes described in two park brochures: Walking Tour Number 1 (Combs Hill to the Hedgerow and Parsonage) and Walking Tour Number 2 (Perrine Hill and the Sutfin Farm). We also did a few spurs that weren't part of any hike, including a visit to the Thompson Taylor farmstead, and the famous Old Tennent Church and burial ground.
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 Front of visitor's center |
 Cannon and Von Steuben statue (rear) |
 NJ and US flags in the heavy winds |
 Inside the visitor's center |
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 View of Parsonage Farm from visitor's center |
 Crossing Spotswood South Brook |
 Parsonage Farm |
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 Folks looking for artifacts |
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 Orchard in Parsonage Farm |
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 Displays describe the battle |
 Well between RR tracks and Rt. 522 |
 Thompson Taylor house |
 Dairy apparatus and tower |
 Crossing Spotswood Middle Brook |
 Spotswood Middle Brook |
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 View of Sutfin-Herbert House |
 In Sutfin Farm |
 Corn field in Sutfin Farm |
 View to Craig Farm |
 Approaching Sutfin-Herbert House |
 Sutfin-Herbert House |
 Well behind house |
 Corn cobs litter the fields |
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 Bird houses in Sutfin Farm |
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 On Perrine Hill |
 View east |
 View west |
 Conover-Perrine House |
 Hawk |
 Perrine Hill |
 Old Tennent Church |
 The burial ground |
 Old Tennent Church |
 Revolutionary era headstone |
 Erickson grave in front of church |
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 Old Tennent burial ground |
 Steeple |
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 Names of Americans who died at Monmouth |
 Road through Sutfin Farm |
 Conover-Perrine House |
 Wand of the white trail |
 Sutfin-Herbert House |
 Tunnel under the RR |
 Northern edge of Parsonage Farm |
 Orchard |
 Crossing field to visitor's center |
 Visitor's center on hill |
 Corn field in Parsonage Farm |
 Boardwalk over Spotswood South Brook |
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