点评:Visited Thompson Park in Lincroft for tennis lessons for my grandkids sponsored by the Monmouth County Parks Summer educations program. It provided an ideal opportunity for me to tour the facilities of the park.
The park is 667 acres and is located just off Newman Spring road and adjacent to Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. The tennis courts are located left of the main road into the park and left of the Visitor Center.
During my tour I walked the park south of the tennis courts around the Headquarters and Registration building. The exterior of this building is very scenic with a floral garden that attracts butterflies in the front of the building. There is a triangular shaped garden with an inscribed memorial on a boulder in the midst of this garden. Behind the Headquarters is a scenic Marsh walk around a sunken area filled with ferns and a small wooden bridge over a pond when water levels are higher. (During my visit with the current drought conditions the marsh was dry.). South of the Headquarters is the scenic woodlands walking trail.The Headquarters also home to an indoor restroom.
The most noteworthy spot of the park is the extensive Visitor Center that is housed inside an Historic Colonial Mansion dating back to 1896 when the park was a farm. It is an impressive structure with a large porch with columns and rocking chairs overlooking the lawn. Inside the building is a section for pamphlets about the Monmouth county parks system, an indoor restroom and a museum of historical dioramas of the Battle of Monmouth. There is also an attractive circular sunroom with a ceiling fan and large windows letting in light in all directions with over-sized cloth chairs to sit on.
Thompson park is also home to a racing stable open to the public, a barn converted into a theater, and a Creative Art Center and Art Gallery for craft making and pottery classes as well as a place for local artists to display their works. There is an off leach dog park, a track loop, a Rugby field, a playground and numerous other walking trails on the property. There are also areas for fishing, boating, bicycling and picnicking. This park certainly has something for everyone.
翻译:我带着孙辈们去林克罗夫特的汤普森公园上网球课,这些课程由蒙茅斯县公园管理局的暑期教育项目赞助。这也给我提供了一个绝佳的机会来参观公园的各项设施。
该公园占地667英亩,位于纽曼斯普林路旁,与林克罗夫特的布鲁克代尔社区学院相邻。网球场则位于通往公园的主路左侧,也就是游客中心的左侧。在参观过程中,我漫步于总部及登记大楼周围、网球场南侧的公园里。这座大楼的外观十分优美,大楼前有一片花卉盛开的花园,吸引了众多蝴蝶。花园呈三角形,中央有一块巨石,上面刻有纪念文字。总部后方则有一条风景如画的沼泽步道,沿途是一片长满蕨类植物的低洼地带;在水位较高时,还有一座小木桥横跨池塘。在我访问期间,由于正值旱季,沼泽地一片干涸。总部南侧有一条风景优美的林地步行道。总部内还设有室内洗手间。
公园中最值得一看的地方便是规模宏大的游客中心,它坐落在一栋具有历史意义的殖民风格大宅中。这座大宅建于1896年,当时此地还是一座农场。这是一座令人印象深刻的建筑,带有带立柱的宽敞门廊,门廊上还有摇椅,可俯瞰下方的草坪。大楼内设有专门展示蒙茅斯县公园系统宣传册的区域、室内洗手间,以及一个展示蒙茅斯战役历史场景的博物馆。此外,还有一个漂亮的圆形阳光房,里面装有吊扇和四面采光的大窗户,还摆放着尺寸超大的布艺座椅供人休息。
汤普森公园内还有对公众开放的赛马马厩,以及一座被改造成剧院的谷仓。这里设有一个创意艺术中心和艺术画廊,可供人们参加手工艺与陶艺课程,也是当地艺术家展示作品的场所。园区内还有一个允许宠物自由活动的公园、一条环形跑道、一块橄榄球场、一个游乐场以及多条步行小径。此外,这里还设有垂钓区、划船区、自行车道和野餐区。这个公园绝对能满足所有人的需求。