Dinosaur Playground

Dinosaur Playground is a park in West Orange Township, Essex County, New Jersey. Dinosaur Playground is situated nearby to Mayor James J Sheeran Park, as well as near the police station West Orange Police.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Highland Avenue station and Seton Hall Preparatory School.

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 4,100 feet east of Dinosaur Playground.

Seton Hall Preparatory School

School

Seton Hall Preparatory School, generally called Seton Hall Prep, SHP, or "The Prep", is a Roman Catholic all boys' high school located in the suburban community of West Orange in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating under the supervision of the Archdiocese of Newark. Seton Hall Preparatory School is situated 3,100 feet northeast of Dinosaur Playground.

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 1 mile south of Dinosaur Playground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include The Oranges and Orange.

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.

Orange

Town

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

The City of Orange 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 34,447, an increase of 4,313 from the 2010 census count of 30,134, which in turn reflected a decline of 2,734 from the 32,868 counted in the 2000 census. Orange is situated 1½ miles east of Dinosaur Playground.

West Orange

Town

Photo: Jared Kofsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.

West Orange is a suburban township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 48,843, an increase of 2,636 from the 2010 census count of 46,207, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,264 from the 44,943 counted in the 2000 census. West Orange is situated 2 miles northeast of Dinosaur Playground.

Dinosaur Playground

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: West Orange Township, Essex County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.77079° or 40° 46′ 15″ north

Longitude

-74.25734° or 74° 15′ 26″ west

Operator

Township of West Orange

Open location code

87G7QPCV+83

OpenStreetMap ID

way 745042208

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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