theme park
An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes. A theme park is a type of amusement park that bases its structures and attractions around a central ...
in which several life-size sculptures or models of prehistoric animals, especially
dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...
s are displayed. The first dinosaur park worldwide was
Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are a series of sculptures of dinosaurs and other extinct animals, incorrect by modern standards, in the London borough of Bromley's Crystal Palace Park. Commissioned in 1852 to accompany the Crystal Palace after i ...
, which opened in London in 1854. Other dinosaur parks are listed below.
Bad Gleichenberg
Bad Gleichenberg is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. Wi ...
Waidring
Waidring is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 20 km northeast of Kitzbühel and 9 km east of Kirchdorf in Tirol near the border with Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; ba ...
Istria
Istria ( ; Croatian language, Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ; ist, Eîstria; Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian, Italian language, Italian and Venetian language, Venetian: ; formerly in Latin and in Ancient Greek) is the larges ...
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
Ostrava
Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rive ...
Plzeň
Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabita ...
Liberec
Liberec (; german: Reichenberg ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants and it is the fifth-largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preser ...
Prehistoric Park
''Prehistoric Park'' is a six-part nature docu-fiction television mini-series that premiered on ITV on 22 July 2006 and on Animal Planet on 29 October 2006. The programme was produced by Impossible Pictures, who also created ''Walking with Din ...
Charbonnières-les-Sapins
Charbonnières-les-Sapins () is a former commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Étalans.Malansac
Malansac (; br, Malañseg) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.
Geography
The river Arz forms all of the commune's northern border.
Map
Demographics
Inhabitants of Malansac are called in French ''Ma ...
*Musée parc des dinosaures in
Mèze
Mèze (; oc, Mesa; phn, Mansa) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.
Its inhabitants are called ''Mézois''.
Geography
Situated on the étang de Thau, Mèze shares with Bouzigues its historic role as the oyster capital o ...
*PréhistoDino Parc in
Lacave en Quercy Lacave is the name of 2 communes in France:
nhusa mu
* Lacave, Ariège, in the Ariège department
* Lacave, Lot
Lacave (; oc, La Cava) is a commune of France, situated in the North-West of the Lot department, within the Occitanie region.
Geogra ...
Gondwana - Das Praehistorium
Gondwana () was a large landmass, often referred to as a supercontinent, that formed during the late Neoproterozoic (about 550 million years ago) and began to break up during the Jurassic period (about 180 million years ago). The final stages ...
Rügen
Rügen (; la, Rugia, ) is Germany's largest island. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
The "gateway" to Rügen island is the Hanseatic city of Stralsund, where ...
Germendorf Wildlife Park
Germendorf is a part of Oranienburg, a town in the district of Oberhavel in northern Brandenburg, Germany. In 2008, Germendorf had a population of 1,818.
Geography
Germendorf is located west of the main town of Oranienburg, and stretches from the ...
in Germendorf. Park opened in 2002, dinosaur park section (''Urzeitpark'') opened in 2009
*Dinosaur Park Teufelsschlucht in Ernzen, opened 2015
Greece
*
Dinosauria Park Dinosauria Park ( el, Ο Κόσμος των Δεινοσαύρων, ''O Kosmos ton Dinosauron'') is a dinosaur park located near the town of Gournes in Crete, Greece, east of the city of Heraklion. The park features some fossil replicas and severa ...
near
Heraklion
Heraklion or Iraklion ( ; el, Ηράκλειο, , ) is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Greece with a population of 211,370 (Urban A ...
,
Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...
Halkidiki
Chalkidiki (; el, Χαλκιδική , also spelled Halkidiki, is a peninsula and regional unit of Greece, part of the region of Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia in Northern Greece. The autonomous Mount Athos region con ...
Italy
*
Prehistoric Park
''Prehistoric Park'' is a six-part nature docu-fiction television mini-series that premiered on ITV on 22 July 2006 and on Animal Planet on 29 October 2006. The programme was produced by Impossible Pictures, who also created ''Walking with Din ...
,
Rivolta d'Adda
Rivolta d'Adda ( lmo, Riólta) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, located about east of Milan and about northwest of Cremona.
Rivolta d'Adda borders the following municipalities: Agna ...
* World of Dinosaurs,
San Piero a Sieve
San Piero a Sieve is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Scarperia e San Piero, located in the Metropolitan City of Florence, in Tuscany, Italy, about north of Florence. It was an independent comune until 1 January 2014.
Main sigh ...
* Parco Preistorico, Peccioli
* ''Extinction Park'' at
Parco Natura Viva
The Parco Natura Viva is a safari park and zoo in Bussolengo, Veneto, northern Italy, created by Alberto Avesani and his wife in 1969 over an area of .
Gallery
File:- ITALY - Giraffa (Giraffa camelopardalis) - Parco Natura Viva - Verona2.jpg, ...
Avezzano
Avezzano ( or ; nap, Avezzàne, label=Neapolitan language, Marsicano ) is a city and ''comune'' with a population of 40,819 inhabitants, situated in the Abruzzo region, province of L'Aquila, Italy. It is the second most populous municipality in th ...
San Lorenzello
San Lorenzello (Campanian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located northeast of Naples and about northwest of Benevento.
San Lorenzello borders the following municipalities: Castelvene ...
Simbario
Simbario ( Calabrian: ; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about east of Vibo Valentia.
It is located on a plateau, within a stone's throw o ...
Castellana Grotte
Castellana Grotte ( Castellanese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. ''Grotte'' means "caves" in Italian.
History
Geography
Agricultural center of the lower Murgia, it is south of Bari.
Caves
...
* Parco delle Grotte di Famosa e la Grotta dei Dinosauri, Massafra
* ''Parco della Preistoria'' at Etnaland, Belpasso
* ''Parco dinosauri'' at Safari Park,
Pombia
Pombia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Novara. The commune is known for its Safari Park, established in 1976.
History
It has Roman origi ...
Lithuania
* "Dino parkas" at Radailiai, Klaipeda region
Lebanon
Dino city - Prehistoric Park at Ajaltoun, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
Montenegro
* DinoSecrets Adventure Park in
Budva
Budva ( cnr, Будва, or ) is a Montenegrin town on the Adriatic Sea. It has 19,218 inhabitants, and it is the centre of Budva Municipality. The coastal area around Budva, called the Budva riviera, is the center of Montenegrin tourism, kno ...
.
Netherlands
*
Dierenpark Amersfoort
DierenPark Amersfoort is a zoo located on the West side of Amersfoort, in the province of Utrecht, on the edge of the Birkhoven forest, in the Netherlands.
History
The zoo was founded on 22 May 1948 by Mr. Tertoolen and Mr. Knoester. Initially ...
Zwolle
Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is o ...
Skopje
Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre.
The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...
, opened 2021.
Poland
* Dinosaur parks and
Miniature park
A miniature park is a display of miniature buildings and models, usually as a recreational and tourist attraction open to the public. A miniature park may contain a model of a single city or town, often called a miniature city or model village ...
in
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
Ostrowiec County
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Ostrowiec County ( pl, powiat ostrowiecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish loca ...
Zator
Zator may refer to:
People
* Dominick Zator (born 1994), Canadian football player
Places
* Gmina Zator, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
* Zator, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
* Zator, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
* Zátor, Czech Republi ...
Krasiejów
Krasiejów (german: Krascheow) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ozimek, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Ozimek and east of the regional capital Opole.
The villa ...
Solec Kujawski
Solec Kujawski (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Schulitz) is a town in north-central Poland with 15,505 inhabitants, located in Bydgoszcz County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is situated within the historic region of Kuyavia, around ...
Krasnobród
Krasnobród (; uk, Краснобруд, Krasnobrud) is a small town in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. It is located near the Roztocze National Park and Krasnobród Landscape Park. The Wieprz River flows through the town. Points of interest includ ...
Moscow
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* Dino Park Etnomir in
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...
* Dino Park in Magnitogorsk
* Dino at Safari-park in
Krasnodar
Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern ...
* Dino Park Rex in Stavropol
Serbia
* DINO PARK,
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...
Bratislava
Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...
Košice
Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...
, opened in 2013
*
Dino Adventure Park Dino may refer to:
Prefix
* dino-, a common prefix in taxonomy, meaning "terrible", "formidable"
**Dinosaur
People
* Dino (given name), a masculine given name and a nickname
* Dino (surname), a surname found in Albania and Turkey
* Diño, a surn ...
in
Terchová
Terchová ( hu, Terhely) is a large village and municipality (population 4,073) in the Malá Fatra mountains in the Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.
Names and etymology
In the 16th century, the village was known as '' ...
, opened in 2012
*
Dino Adventure Park Dino may refer to:
Prefix
* dino-, a common prefix in taxonomy, meaning "terrible", "formidable"
**Dinosaur
People
* Dino (given name), a masculine given name and a nickname
* Dino (surname), a surname found in Albania and Turkey
* Diño, a surn ...
Mallorca
Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean.
The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bal ...
Réclère
Réclère is a village and former municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. Since 1 January 2009 it is a part of the new municipality Haute-Ajoie
Haute-Ajoie () is a municipality in the district of Porre ...
Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...
,
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are a series of sculptures of dinosaurs and other extinct animals, incorrect by modern standards, in the London borough of Bromley's Crystal Palace Park. Commissioned in 1852 to accompany the Crystal Palace after i ...
, opened 1854, in
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
on the site of
the Crystal Palace
The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure, originally built in Hyde Park, London, Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. The exhibition took place from 1 May to 15 October 1851, and more than 14,000 exhibit ...
*
Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur park
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in
North Devon
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* Dinosaur Adventure Park, Lenwade, Norfolk
* Teessaurus Park, Middlesbrough
* National Showcaves Centre for Wales,
Brecon Beacons
The Brecon Beacons ( cy, Bannau Brycheiniog, ) are a mountain range in South Wales. In a narrow sense, the name refers to the range of Old Red Sandstone peaks which lie to the south of Brecon. Sometimes referred to as "the central Beacons" t ...
*
Blair Drummond Safari Park
Blair Drummond Safari Park is a family visitor attraction located near Stirling in Scotland. It opened to the public on 15 May 1970 and is home to over 350 animals, many of which roam freely or are kept in large enclosures in the estate. The Sa ...
Calgary Zoo
The Calgary Zoo is located in Bridgeland, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, just east of the city's downtown and adjacent to the Inglewood and East Village neighborhoods. It is accessible via Calgary's C-Train light rail system, by car via Memorial ...
in
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...
,
Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
, opened 1937. About 50 life-sized sculptures by 1960, including non-dinosaurs. Renovated in 1987, and most models replaced.
*
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology (RTMP, and often referred to as the Royal Tyrrell Museum) is a palaeontology museum and research facility in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. The museum was named in honour of Joseph Burr Tyrrell, and is situ ...
Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
Gibbons Gibbons may refer to:
* The plural of gibbon, an ape in the family Hylobatidae
* Gibbons (surname)
* Gibbons, Alberta
* Gibbons (automobile), a British light car of the 1920s
* Gibbons P.C., a leading American law firm headquartered in New Jersey
...
, Alberta
*Budapest Park,
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
,
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
Chasmosaurus
''Chasmosaurus'' ( ) is a genus of ceratopsid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Period of North America. Its name means 'opening lizard', referring to the large openings ( fenestrae) in its frill (Greek ''chasma'' meaning 'opening' or 'hollow' ...
Morrisburg, Ontario
Morrisburg is an unincorporated community in the Municipality of South Dundas, located in Eastern Ontario, Canada.
History
On November 11, 1813, the Battle of Crysler's Farm, at which a British force repelled an invading American army, took pla ...
- Over 50 life sized dinosaurs.
*
Dinosaurs Alive!
''Dinosaurs Alive!'' is a 2007 IMAX documentary produced by Giant Screen Films about various dinosaurs that inhabited the Earth between 251 and 65 Ma. The documentary features animals from the Triassic period of New Mexico to the Cretaceous per ...
, Vaughan, Ontario. Located inside Wonderland, featured more than 40 life size animatronic dinosaurs before closing in 2019.
Beaver, Arkansas
Beaver is a town in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 67. The community is located on the White River at the western limits of Table Rock Lake deep in the Ozark Mountains. Located north of Eure ...
(1960s-2005)
*
Cabazon Dinosaurs
Cabazon Dinosaurs, formerly Claude Bell's Dinosaurs, is a roadside attraction in Cabazon, California, featuring two enormous, steel-and-concrete dinosaurs named Dinny the Dinosaur and Mr. Rex. Located just west of Palm Springs, the ''Brontosauru ...
Dinosaur State Park and Arboretum Dinosaur State Park and Arboretum is a state-owned natural history preserve occupying in the town of Rocky Hill, Connecticut. The state park protects one of the largest dinosaur track sites in North America. The park was created in recognition ...
Plant City, Florida
Plant City is an incorporated city in Hillsborough County, Florida, Hillsborough County, Florida, United States, approximately midway between Brandon, Florida, Brandon and Lakeland, Florida, Lakeland along Interstate 4. The population was 39,764 at ...
, opened 1998
*Bongoland,
Port Orange, Florida
Port Orange is a city in Volusia County, Florida. The city's population was estimated at 64,842 in 2019 by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The city is part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach metropolitan area; the metropolitan area's populati ...
, now part of the
Dunlawton Plantation and Sugar Mill
The Dunlawton Plantation and Sugar Mill, a 19th-century cane sugar plantation in north-central Florida, was destroyed by the Seminoles at the beginning of the Second Seminole War. The ruins are located at 950 Old Sugar Mill Road, Port Orange, Flor ...
Orlando, Florida
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, acco ...
. The whole park is not dedicated to dinosaurs, but this land is.
*
DinoLand U.S.A.
Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park is a zoological theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks, Experiences and Products division, it is the l ...
at Disney's Animal Kingdom Park in
Bay Lake, Florida
Bay Lake is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 29 at the 2020 census. It is named after a lake that lies east of the Magic Kingdom. All four of the Walt Disney World Resort theme parks, and one of Walt Disney W ...
. The whole park is not dedicated to dinosaurs, but this land is.
* Dinosaur World,
Cave City, Kentucky
Cave City is a home rule-class city in Barren County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 2,240 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Glasgow Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Cave City is located in the northwestern port ...
Ossineke, Michigan
Ossineke is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Alpena County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 938 at the 2010 census. The community is located within Sanborn Township, several miles south of Alpena on ...
New York City
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Overpeck County Park
Overpeck County Park is an county park in Bergen County, New Jersey, with major sections in Leonia, Palisades Park, Ridgefield Park, and Teaneck, surrounding Overpeck Creek, a tributary of the Hackensack River.
The Overpeck Creek flows to the ...
Dinosaurs Alive
''Dinosaurs Alive!'' is a 2007 IMAX documentary produced by Giant Screen Films about various dinosaurs that inhabited the Earth between 251 and 65 annum, Ma. The documentary features animals from the Triassic period of New Mexico to the Cretaceou ...
at
Cedar Point Amusement Park
Cedar Point is a amusement park located on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Opened in 1870, it is considered the second-oldest operating amusement park in the U.S. behind Lake Compounce. Cedar Point is owned and oper ...
,
Sandusky, Ohio
Sandusky ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Erie County, Ohio, Erie County, Ohio, United States. Situated along the shores of Lake Erie in the northern part of the state, Sandusky is located roughly midway between Toledo, Ohio, Toledo ( wes ...
(2012–2018)
*
Prehistoric Gardens
Prehistoric Gardens is a roadside attraction located on Oregon's Highway 101 Coastal Route. Founded in 1955 in Port Orford, the gardens feature 23 life-sized sculptures of dinosaurs set among the lush foliage of the area's temperate rainforest ...
Rapid City, South Dakota
Rapid City ( lkt, link=no, Mni Lúzahaŋ Otȟúŋwahe; "Swift Water City") is the second most populous city in South Dakota and the county seat of Pennington County. Named after Rapid Creek, where the settlement developed, it is in western So ...
, opened 1936
*Dinosaur Park,
Cedar Creek, Texas
Cedar Creek is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States, located 11 miles (18 km) west of Bastrop at the intersection of State Highway 21 and Farm to Market Road 535., retrieved 2008-12-20 Cedar Creek has a post ...
Ogden, Utah
Ogden is a city in and the county seat of Weber County, Utah, United States, approximately east of the Great Salt Lake and north of Salt Lake City. The population was 87,321 in 2020, according to the US Census Bureau, making it Utah's eighth ...
over 100 life sized prehistoric creatures, a functioning paleontology lab, and a fossil and gemstone museum.
* 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
Virginia Beach is an independent city located on the southeastern coast of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The population was 459,470 at the 2020 census. Although mostly suburban in character, it is the most populous city ...
White Post, Virginia
White Post is an unincorporated community in Clarke County, Virginia. White Post is located at the crossroads of White Post Road and Berrys Ferry Road off Lord Fairfax Highway ( U.S. Route 340).
In the 1730s, Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Ca ...
, opened 1963, over 50 dinosaur sculptures
*Hisey Park,
Granger, Washington
Granger is a city in Yakima County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,624 at the 2020 census. Although it was classified as a town in 2000, it has since been reclassified as a city.
History
Granger was founded in 1902 and named a ...
*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
*Dinosaurs Alive,
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh (; km, ភ្នំពេញ, ) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, indus ...
India
*
Indroda Dinosaur and Fossil Park
The Indroda Dinosaur and Fossil Park in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, is a park that houses fossilized remains and petrified eggs of dinosaurs. It is a man-made fossil park and not the actual nesting grounds where the dinosaurs lived. The eggs and ...
Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
* Dinosaur Fossil Park, Raiyoli, Balasinor, Gujarat
Wiang Kao District
Wiang Kao ( th, เวียงเก่า, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Khon Kaen province, northeastern Thailand.
History
The major district (''king amphoe'') was created by splitting three ''tambons'' from Phu Wiang district. Its creatio ...
Jurassic Park (novel)
''Jurassic Park'' is a 1990 science fiction action novel written by Michael Crichton. A cautionary tale about genetic engineering, it presents the collapse of an amusement park showcasing genetically re-created dinosaurs to illustrate the mathem ...
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Jurassic Park (film)
''Jurassic Park'' is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Gerald R. Molen. It is the first installment in the '' Jurassic Park'' franchise, and the first film in the ...
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List of films featuring dinosaurs
This is a list of films that feature non-avian dinosaurs (that is, not featuring birds) and other prehistoric (mainly Mesozoic) archosaurs, pterosaurs and prehistoric (mainly Mesozoic) marine reptiles (such as mosasaurs and plesiosaurs).
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References
External links
{{commons category, Dinosaur model parks
Roadside Dinosaurs (http://www.roadarch.com/dinos/main.html)
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...