Tatlock Park
Summit, Union County, New Jersey
Directions:
New Jersey Turnpike south to US 78 west; exit 48; Route 124 north (Morris & Essex Turnpike); take River Road south; left onto Butler Parkway to the Park. (You pass the Carter House, c. 1741, on the right, home to the Historical Society.)
Facilities:
playground, picnic table, basketball court, tennis court, open lawns.
Tatlock Park is located next to a school (the Washington School).
Trails:
12/22/200l4. There are no trails here.
I did check out a little of the ground on one side of the Carter House, thinking it was connected to the Tatlock Park. Here is the short list I made:
Trees:
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Liquidambar styraciflua (sweetgum)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Quercus velutina (black oak)
Shrubs:
Ligustrum sp. (privet)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rubus phoenicolasius (wineberry)
Vines:
Hedera helix (English ivy)
Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle)
Smilax rotundifolia (round-leaved greenbrier)
Toxicodendron tulipifera (tulip tree)
Vitis sp. (grape)
Herbs:
Allium vineale (field garlic)
Polygonum cuspidatum (Japanese knotweed)