Great Lawn and Turtle Pond

The Great Lawn and Turtle Pond are two connected features of in , , United States. The lawn and pond are located on the site of a former reservoir for the Croton Aqueduct system which was infilled during the early 20th century.
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  • Type: Plain
  • Description: connected features of New York City’s Central Park
  • Also known as: Great Lawn” and “Turtle Pond

Places of Interest

Highlights include Central Park and American Museum of Natural History.

A vast green swath of open space in the heart of , is a district in its own right, neatly separating the from the , stretching from Midtown at the southern end to at the north.

Museum
The is a natural history museum on the of in . Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from , the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library.

Museum
The , often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 between 88th and 89th Streets on the of in New York City.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Upper West Side and Upper East Side.

The covers a large area in upper bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and and Morningside Park on the east.

The of is one of the city's wealthiest districts. Spanning the stretch of island between 59th Street to 96th Street east of , the neighborhoods of Lenox Hill, Yorkville, and Carnegie Hill are full of luxurious townhouses and apartment buildings on some of the most affluent addresses in New York.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood on the of in New York City. It forms the lower section of the Upper East Side, east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s.

Great Lawn and Turtle Pond

Latitude
40.78167° or 40° 46′ 54″ north
Longitude
-73.96667° or 73° 58′ west
Elevation
112 feet (34 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q2JM+M8
Geo­Names ID
6346732
Wiki­data ID
Q903865
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Persian—“Great Lawn and Turtle Pond” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Great Lawn and Turtle Pond
  • Catalan: Great Lawn
  • Catalan: Turtle Pond
  • Cebuano: Great Lawn
  • Chinese: 大草坪和龜池
  • French: Great Lawn
  • Hebrew: המדשאה הגדולה ובריכת הצבים בסנטרל פארק
  • Hebrew: המדשאה הגדולה ובריכת צבים
  • Japanese: グレート・ローンとタートル・ポンド
  • Japanese: グレート・ローンとタートル池
  • Korean: 그레이트 론
  • Korean: 터틀 폰드
  • Persian: گریت لاون

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Turtle Pond and Belvedere Castle.

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