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Dinosaurs at Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, the oldest dinosaur park
A dinosaur park usually refers to a
theme park in which several life-size sculptures or models of prehistoric animals, especially
dinosaurs are displayed. The first dinosaur park worldwide was
Crystal Palace Dinosaurs , which opened in London in 1854. Other dinosaur parks are listed below.
Europe
Diplodocus and Allosaurus at Bałtów Jurassic Park
Austria
[1]
Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Prehistoric Park ,
Rivolta d'Adda
World of Dinosaurs,
San Piero a Sieve
Parco Preistorico,
Peccioli
Extinction Park at
Parco Natura Viva ,
Bussolengo
Parco della Preistoria Lost World at
Atlantis Parco Acquatico , San Secondo of
Pinerolo
Parco Preistorico ,
Peccioli
Dinopark,
Avezzano
Dino Park ,
San Lorenzello
Parco Il Mondo della Preistoria ,
Simbario
Parco dei Dinosauri ,
Castellana Grotte
Parco delle Grotte di Famosa e la Grotta dei Dinosauri,
Massafra
Parco della Preistoria at
Etnaland ,
Belpasso
Parco dinosauri at
Safari Park ,
Pombia
Lithuania
"Dino parkas" at Radailiai, Klaipeda region
[4]
Lebanon
Montenegro
DinoSecrets Adventure Park in
Budva .
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Dinosaur Park,
Skopje , opened 2021.
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Dino Park in Rasnov opened 2015
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Spain
Switzerland
United Kingdom
North & Central America
Canada
Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo in
Calgary ,
Alberta , opened 1937. About 50 life-sized sculptures by 1960, including non-dinosaurs. Renovated in 1987, and most models replaced.
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology , 6 km from
Drumheller ,
Alberta
Jurassic Forest, north of
Gibbons , Alberta
Budapest Park,
Toronto ,
Ontario - Contains a statue of a
Stegosaurus and
Chasmosaurus .
Muskoka Dinosaur Land,
Utterson, Ontario - permanently closed
[11]
Dinosaur Provincial Park,
Alberta
Prehistoric World,
Morrisburg, Ontario - Over 50 life sized dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs Alive! ,
Vaughan, Ontario . Located inside Wonderland, featured more than 40 life size animatronic dinosaurs before closing in 2019.
United States
Dinosaur World ,
Beaver, Arkansas (1960s-2005)
Cabazon Dinosaurs ,
Cabazon, California
Dinosaur State Park and Arboretum in
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
The Dinosaur Place at Nature's Art Village in
Montville, Connecticut
Dinosaur World ,
Plant City, Florida , opened 1998
Bongoland,
Port Orange, Florida , now part of the
Dunlawton Plantation and Sugar Mill
Jurassic Park at Universal's
Islands of Adventure in
Orlando, Florida . The whole park is not dedicated to dinosaurs, but this land is.
DinoLand U.S.A. at Disney's Animal Kingdom Park in
Bay Lake, Florida . The whole park is not dedicated to dinosaurs, but this land is.
Dinosaur World ,
Cave City, Kentucky
[12]
Dinosaur Gardens Prehistorical Zoo ,
Ossineke, Michigan , opened 1930s
Dinosaur Playground,
Riverside Park ,
New York City . Has two fiberglass dinosaurs.
[13]
Field Station: Dinosaurs ,
Overpeck County Park ,
Bergen County, New Jersey . Was originally located in Secacus.
[14]
Field Station: Dinosaurs ,
Derby, Kansas , opened in 2018.
[15]
Dinosaurs Alive at
Cedar Point Amusement Park ,
Sandusky, Ohio (2012–2018)
Prehistoric Gardens ,
Port Orford, Oregon , opened 1955. Has at least 16 full-sized models, including non-dinosaurs.
Dinosaur Park in
Rapid City, South Dakota , opened 1936
Dinosaur Park,
Cedar Creek, Texas
[16]
Dinosaur World ,
Glen Rose, Texas
George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park,
Ogden, Utah over 100 life sized prehistoric creatures, a functioning paleontology lab, and a fossil and gemstone museum.
[17]
Dinosaur Kingdom II ,
Natural Bridge, Virginia , featuring 30 dinosaur sculptures in a fantasy U.S. Civil-War-themed setting
Jerrassic Park at
Military Aviation Museum ,
Virginia Beach, Virginia
[18]
Dinosaur Land ,
White Post, Virginia , opened 1963, over 50 dinosaur sculptures
Hisey Park,
Granger, Washington
Dinosaur Park in
Bluff City, Tennessee with over 40 dinosaur sculptures
Cuba
Valle de la Prehistoria, in the Baconao Park outside of
Santiago de Cuba , opened in the 1980s.
Guatemala
Dino Park, Santa Cruz Muluá, Quetzaltenango, Gutaemala
Asia
Pakistan
Dino valley.
Lying in the lap of Margalla Hills National Park, this is kids 'must see' place. It's the first dinosaur theme park of Pakistan.
Cambodia
India
Indroda Dinosaur and Fossil Park ,
Gandhinagar ,
Gujarat
Indonesia
Thailand
Iran
Jurassic park, Khorasane-razavi, Mashhad
Australia
See also
References
External links
Roadside Dinosaurs (
http://www.roadarch.com/dinos/main.html )
A Guide for
Dinosaur Provincial Park Camping