Spend a Day With the Dinosaurs
2025 Hours
Spring Season
10am – 6pm on Saturdays and Sundays
May 24 through June 22
Summer Season
10am – 6pm on Tuesdays through Sundays
June 24 through August 31
Fall Season
10am – 5pm on Saturdays and Sundays
September 6 through November 9; Thursday, November 6 and Friday, November 7
The Box Office closes 30 minutes before park closing.
The Jurassic Zoo Bounce House opens at 11am and closes 30 minutes before park closing. For the safety of all guests and staff, the Jurassic Zoo will close in the event of rain and with winds more than 15mph.
Open Holidays
Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 10am – 6pm
Juneteenth, Thursday, June 19, 10am – 6pm
Independence Day, Friday, July 4, 10am – 6pm
Labor Day, Monday, September 1, 10am – 6pm
Columbus Day/Indigenous People’s Day, Monday, October 13, 10am – 5pm
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Admission
Explorers Pass
The Explorers Pass gives you everything included with the Day Pass plus an all-day ticket to the Jurassic Zoo Bounce House. See below for a description of this fun activity.
Explorers Pass admission is an anytime ticket and can be used any day and time during the current season. The Jurassic Zoo Bounce is valid for guests who are a minimum height of 36” and a maximum height of 72”, age 12 and under.
Guests 2 and older:
Online $23.75
Box Office: $24.75
Children Under 2:
Free but still require an Under 2 Day Pass admission ticket.
Day Pass
Walk along our trails, explore over 30 life-size animatronic dinosaurs and participate in a full schedule of live shows, games and activities, find buried treasure at the Fossil Dig Site, explore every twist and turn at the Raptor Maze,and enjoy endless playtime at Stanley Stegosaurus – all included in the Day Pass admission. Guests age 2 and above require paid admission; guests under age 2 are free but require a ticket from the Box Office. This pass includes all day admission to the park and may be used anytime during regular daytime hours.
Note: The Day Pass does not include admission to the Jurassic Zoo Bounce. Tickets are available online and at the Box Office.
A Day Pass ticket does not provide access to Dinosaurs After Dark, our fall nighttime activity.
Guests 2 and older:
Online $18.75
Box Office: $19.75
Children Under 2:
Free but still require an Under 2 Day Pass admission ticket.
ADD-ONs
Jurassic Zoo Bouncer
Bounce and slide in our new Jurassic Zoo Bounce House. Ticket is valid for all day admission. Valid for guests who are a minimum height of 36” and a maximum height of 72”, age 12 and under.
Guests 36″ tall and under age 12:
$8 per person plus tax
Children Under 2:
This activity is only permitted for children over 36″ tall.
This activity opens at 11:00am and closes 30 minutes before the park closing.
Directions
3 Overpeck Park Driveway, Leonia, NJ
(click for map and directions in Google Maps)
The best way to get accurate directions to the Park is to use your smart phone map app and search for Field Station: Dinosaurs. Google Maps, Apple Maps or Waze will provide correct directions and a map to the park.
Public Transportation
DIRECTIONS FROM JERSEY CITY (1hr 16mins)
- Arrive at Journal Square Transportation Center. Take the 83 Bus (towards Hackensack).
- Get off at Broad Ave at Maple Ave.
- Get on 166 Bus (towards Cresskill).
- Get off at Fort Lee Rd.
- Walk Southwest on Broad Ave toward Fort Lee Rd.
- Turn right onto Fort Lee Rd.
- Take a right on the road right after the railroad tracks. Walk to end of the road.
DIRECTIONS FROM NEW YORK CITY (50mins)
- Take A Train uptown to 175st. Get off at 175st. Walk north 1 block to GW Bridge Bus Terminal.
- Get on 182 Bus (towards Hackensack). Gate 18.
- Get off at Fort Lee Rd. at Grand Ave.
- Walk North on Fort Lee Rd.
- Take a right on the road right after the railroad tracks.
- Walk to end of the road. Destination will be on the left.
Driving
DIRECTIONS FROM ROUTE 4 WEST
- Teaneck Road Exit (Teaneck/Ridgefield Park).
- Make right at the end of ramp.
- Follow Teaneck Road to the intersection of Teaneck and DeGraw Avenue.
- Turn left at the light. Pass Glenpoint Complex on left, go over the Turnpike.
- Continue to park entrance on the left.
FROM 1-95 SOUTH
- Exit 68 (same as the NJ Turnpike).
- At light, make left following signs for U-turn.
- At light on Fort Lee Road make a left.
- Go over the Turnpike, continue the Overpeck County Park Driveway stop light.
- Turn left at the Overpeck County Park Driveway stop light.
Go straight .5 of a mile. Destination will be on the left.
FROM ROUTE 80 EAST
- East on Route 80 to Route 95 North.
- Exit 70A, Leonia.
- Follow ramp to Degraw Ave.
- Turn Right on Degraw Ave which turns into Fort Lee Rd.
- Turn left at the Overpeck County Park Driveway stop light.
- Go straight .5 of a mile. Destination will be on the left.
Groups
Field Station: Dinosaurs is…
An Earth Systems laboratory where groups explore a 200-million-year-old volcano and make discoveries about the history of the Earth, New Jersey’s geological past, plate tectonics and climate change.
…the most fun your group will have all year.
2025 Park Hours
Spring Season
10am – 6pm on Saturdays and Sundays
May 24 through June 22
Summer Season
10am – 6pm on Tuesdays through Sundays
June 24 through August 31
Fall Season
10am – 5pm on Saturdays and Sundays
September 6 through November 9; Thursday, November 6 and Friday, November 7
The Box Office closes 30 minutes before park closing.
The Jurassic Zoo Bounce House opens at 11am and closes 30 minutes before park closing. For the safety of all guests and staff, the Jurassic Zoo will close in the event of rain and with winds more than 15mph.
Open Holidays
Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 10am – 6pm
Juneteenth, Thursday, June 19, 10am – 6pm
Independence Day, Friday, July 4, 10am – 6pm
Labor Day, Monday, September 1, 10am – 6pm
Columbus Day/Indigenous People’s Day, Monday, October 13, 10am – 5pm
Contact Us
973.748.4561
3 Overpeck Park Driveway, Leonia, NJ 07605
Henry Hoebel Area of Overpeck County Park on Fort Lee Road
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