African Adventure
African Adventure is in West Orange Township, Essex County, New Jersey. African Adventure is situated nearby to the grassland Gibbon, as well as near the public aquarium Turtle Back Aquarium.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Turtle Back Zoo and Saint Barnabas Medical Center.
Turtle Back Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Davidng913, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Turtle Back Zoo is a zoo in West Orange, New Jersey. Situated on 20 acres in the South Mountain Reservation, it is part of the South Mountain Recreation Complex, which is managed as part of the Essex County Park System, the oldest county park system in the United States. Turtle Back Zoo is situated 360 feet north of African Adventure.
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Hospital
Photo: SCBY, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, formerly Saint Barnabas Medical Center, is a 597-bed non-profit major teaching hospital located in Livingston, New Jersey. Saint Barnabas Medical Center is situated 1¼ miles west of African Adventure.
Mountain Station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mountain Station is a New Jersey Transit station in South Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, along the Morris and Essex. The station, built in 1915, was designed by Frank J. Mountain Station is situated 1½ miles southeast of African Adventure.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Oranges and Maplewood.
The Oranges
The Oranges are a group of four municipalities in Essex County, New Jersey, all of which have the word Orange in their name. The four municipalities are Orange, East Orange, South Orange and West Orange.Maplewood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Maplewood is a township in Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is an inner-ring suburban bedroom community of New York City in the New York metropolitan area.
Short Hills
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Short Hills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place situated within Millburn, in Essex County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey, and part of the New York metropolitan area.
African Adventure
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Category: tourism
- Location: West Orange Township, Essex County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.76637° or 40° 45′ 59″ northLongitude
-74.28092° or 74° 16′ 51″ westOpen location code
87G7QP89+GJOpenStreetMap ID
node 11139450648OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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