Turtle Back Zoo
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours:
10:00 AM—4:00 PM
July—August: Wednesday and Thursday 10:00 AM—7:00 PM - Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo in the West Orange, New Jersey
- Address: 560 Northfield Avenue, West Orange, NJ 07052
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Barnabas Medical Center and Mountain Station.
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 Turtle Back Zoo.
Mountain Station
Railway station
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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 Turtle Back Zoo.
Highland Avenue station
Railway station
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Highland Avenue is an active commuter railroad station in Orange, New Jersey. One of two in the city, along with the eponymous Orange station, Highland Avenue is serviced by trains of New Jersey Transit's Morris and Essex Lines: the Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch. Highland Avenue station is situated 2 miles east of Turtle Back Zoo.
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.
Livingston
Town
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Livingston is a township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 31,330, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 1,964 from 29,366 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,975 from the 27,391 counted in the 2000 census. Livingston is situated 2½ miles northwest of Turtle Back Zoo.
Turtle Back Zoo
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: West Orange Township, Essex County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.76735° or 40° 46′ 3″ northLongitude
-74.28075° or 74° 16′ 51″ westOperator
Essex County Parks DepartmentOpen location code
87G7QP89+WPOpenStreetMap ID
way 259749537OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zooWikidata ID
Q7856369
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In Other Languages
“Turtle Back Zoo” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات ترتل باك”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Flamingo and Otters.
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