The Township's Green Heart
Tamanend Park
A hundred wooded acres named for the Lenape chief of peace — trails, history, and the grounds where Southampton celebrates itself.
Tamanend Park is Upper Southampton's green center: more than 100 acres of woodland, meadow, and trails at the township's core, named for Tamanend, the Lenape chief whose treaties with William Penn made him a lasting symbol of peace and friendship. Historic farm structures dot the grounds, disc golf threads the woods, and the trail loops give an inner-ring township a genuine forest walk.
It is also the township's ceremonial ground. Southampton Days — the community's beloved summer fair — fills the park each summer with rides, food, the parade's end, and fireworks, a tradition that generations of residents measure their childhoods by.
Parks & Nature
Woods, trails, and the everyday park
The park's trail system loops through mature woodland that feels far deeper than its township setting — oak and beech canopy, creek drainages, and quiet clearings. A disc golf course, picnic groves, and historic farm buildings give the acreage texture without crowding it.
For daily life, it is the after-work walk and the weekend reset: close enough to use constantly, wooded enough to feel like leaving the suburbs without driving anywhere.
Parks & Nature
Tamanend's name and Southampton Days
Chief Tamanend of the Lenape signed treaties of friendship with William Penn in the 1680s, and his name — later folk-canonized as "St. Tammany" — became an enduring American symbol of peace. The township's choice of his name ties its central park to the land's first stewards.
Southampton Days transforms the park each summer: a multi-day community fair with rides, food stands, live music, and fireworks that draws the whole township and its diaspora home.
Questions People Ask
Tamanend Park — frequently asked questions
What is Tamanend Park?
Tamanend Park is Upper Southampton Township's central park — more than 100 acres of woodland, meadows, trails, disc golf, and historic farm structures — named for Tamanend, the Lenape chief famed for his treaties of friendship with William Penn.
What is Southampton Days?
Southampton Days is Upper Southampton's multi-day summer community fair held at Tamanend Park, featuring carnival rides, food, live entertainment, a parade tradition, and fireworks — a township institution for generations.
Where is Tamanend Park?
The park sits at Second Street Pike and Street Road in the center of Upper Southampton Township, Bucks County, PA.
Who was Tamanend?
Tamanend was a chief of the Lenape (Delaware) people who signed treaties of peace and friendship with William Penn in the 1680s. His legacy as a symbol of goodwill made his name — sometimes rendered "St. Tammany" — famous throughout early America.
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