Turtle Back Zoo
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🦒 Zoo · West Orange
3 hours · $$ · No reservation needed
- 🚇About 50 min by subway or carFrom Midtown · Getting there: About 40 minutes by car, free lot (transit is inconvenient)
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 3 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall
Essex County's zoo in New Jersey, at half the price of the New York zoos: giraffe feeding, penguins and jaguars, plus a miniature train around the lake and a carousel, and the Codey Arena next door has ice skating in winter.
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