Reviews of Dinosaur Gardens (Zoo)

Robert Massey

It was a great place to take the 'grand children' to. Very clean and neat place with a friendly helpful staff.

John Hoop

cant Believe it’s getting reviews so high. I can’t believe they are real. It was ok at best. Might be cool for very small children. we spent over $50 and 3 hous driving cannot day was it was worth it. Staff was nice and friendly. But can’t say I don’t regret the time and money spent

Pamela Doyle

Great place for family time!

Peter Clouse

Went on a road trip through Michigan and found this place as a destination. It was a little cheese, but the child in me loved it. They dinosaurs were really cool to see. It’s also much larger than I expect. Definettley worth the stop. It was fun to find such a strange roadside attraction. It was Jurassic!!!

Heather Garner

Great family fun. A little pricy but over all good fun.

Sarah Gaines

Money trap. They are "faith based" but charge you an arm and a leg for each activity. It was 40 dollars to go on a walk and play 1 round of putt putt for 1 adult and a child! Would not recommend at all.

Duncan Segrest

Great place to take your kids.

Joan Dyer

Well worth the trip! Dinosaurs everyut where in forest with trails. Lots of plant life, miniature golf and even panning for gold and rare stones and Crystal's! Frozen yogurt bar in the gift shop!!

Linda Kirby

Awesome dinosaurs!

Cheryl Krussell

Grandkids loved it.

Mary Segrest

Fun place to explore with kids of all ages. Pet friendly. Frozen yogurt. And dinosaurs everywhere! Perfect family outing.

Keith Clarkson

This morning my three-year-old son, who adores dinosaurs, woke up and put on his stegosaurus shirt and his triceratops shoes in order to take a special trip to see the dinosaurs. We called this morning after checking the website to double check that Dinosaur Gardens would be open today, and they assured us that they would be until five. After traveling two and a half hours, we arrived at 3:30 to find a locked gate and a closed sign on the door, with no mention of special circumstance. My family is extremely disappointed that our plans for our special day off together were ruined. We tried calling the number provided online, which had a full mailbox, and tried calling the number on the banner outside of the building, to which there was no answer. I would not recommend that anybody travel a great distance to go through the same experience as we did.

Chris Topher

First of all, it's best to go into this experience thinking of it as a beautiful nature preserve with some really fun pieces of dinosaur artwork scattered throughout. The statues have recently been repainted and, by all accounts, the new paint job is a lot better than the previous one. There are signs next to each exhibit with information about the prehistoric beast it accompanies. The unsung wonder of the park has to be the foliage. There are around 40 different types of tress in the garden and the lush fern coverage gave the impression of stepping back in time. Overall, it was pretty interesting and quite beautiful. Definitely worth a look if it's on your radar.

Rachel Lancaster

My daughter had a great time!! The walk in the woods to see the sculptures is very relaxing, and the ancillary activities are wonderful fir young kids (she loved the miner's sleuce). The mini golf course is pretty basic, but it was still fun. We will go back.

Lori Peloquin

Went there 50 years ago. Well kept and still interesting.

James Perkins

Kids loves it so did I

Kira DAndrea

Cool little place. It doesn't take long to go through and see everything, so I recommend also getting the miniature golf. The course is shaped like dinosaurs. We had fun, but it is cheesy.

Jenee Dessenberg

Neat activity for all ages

Linda Schultz

The boys enjoyed it

julie burns

It's kinda expensive, but the bathroom is very clean! We just stopped to take a picture of Jesus!

mizrent123

Same place i visited as a child myself and are now taking my 3 kids. New paint some new dinos. Same great place. My kids loved it even though it was small.

Sean Strait

Fun for the grandkids. The gemstone find was fantastic.

John Dolbee

Only takes about 15-20min to get through. Most of the exhabits have a placard with explanations some could use some TLC. Do it once.. Photo credit: @BWARE4

Tkce Cole

It was cool but some of the dinos are worn down the fossil dig and the miners sleuth is fun though

Brett Bergeron

Pretty good I thought it was priced quite high for what it is

Melissa Wittbrodt

Lots of fun! Kids loved it

Bill Reffitt

Very neat place to explore. Love walking through the woods looking at the dinosaur statues, favorite one is the large one at the beginning that you get to walk into. Mini golf is nice as well, although when we were there the bugs were really bad. Cute gift shop with decent prices. Great location too.

Joni Ulman

Great place to take grandkids and learn about dinosaurs in this 0.5 mile outdoor adventure. Many have been repainted since last summer.

Adam Haberstich

Great place to take the kids if in/going through the area!

Julie Wojciechowski

Cute place my 9 yo enjoyed it very much

Eric Whitmore

Good for younger kids (2 - 10).

Nichole Goomski

My 14 year old son is in a wheelchair and it was fairly easy to push him along the dirt paths. The staff was super friendly and the kids had a great time. They did some sleucing and thought that was the coolest thing.

Cody T

Cool statues, putt putt golf courses and gift shop. The only problem was that all of the dinosaurs have private parts.

John Wittenberg

Grandkids and adults had a great time. Very well planned out display. Putt putt golf and the digging for gems was fun! A must visit attraction for all family's

Elaine Roberts

Set up was nice each dinosaur had placard describing it

Dustin

The family and I had a blast there. We walked around the dinosour garden, played puttputt golf, looked for fossils and slused for gems. Worth the 3 hour drive there.

K8t B

Awesome place to visit. My son loved it

Tim Sproat

Decent attraction but not well organized. Had trouble finding out how/where to pay admission. Could have just walked in without paying. Brief educational descriptions on placards at each statue. Feel like there could be some kind of interactive activities for the children to enjoy to make the fees worth the price. Ok for a one time visit but nothing that makes you want to come back.

Octavio Carmona

It’s an nice place for walking. Dinosaurs don’t move, however it’s still enjoyable.

Gail Pabst

Nice place to take a stroll back in time to the age of dinosaurs.

MeiXing Zhao

It was great. This is the second time I've been there.

Joseph Bardenhagen

Had so much fun here. More than you would expect.

dave blackmar

Great job new owners in keeping this vivid childhood memory alive! We grew up making annual visits to this place thru our childhood and then bringing our son for his enjoyment as well. It's been 24 years since our last visit and kudos to the new owners for the significant improvements particularly the fresh dinosaur paint! If you have little ones it definitely worth it!

Patrick Crowley

A nice little stop with local art with history and prehistory! Friendly staff and owners, fun activities, renovations and improvements underway. If your children like dinosaurs, they will really enjoy this!

Laura Moggio

I have been coming here since about 3 years old. I have been here 6 times now through the years. It holds a lot of good memories for me. I like it that they keep things up, and make some changes, but it holds it's familiar character. My kids really enjoyed it for their second time.

George Lambright

Great place. Was so very happy

Richard Webb

Early morning very peaceful. Owner and staff make you feal like family.

Kate Bardenhagen

Cute little place I wish more people knew about it

Shane David

The kids love this place! Beautiful piece of property. They have mini golf, a gift shop, ice cream, and we really like the panning for gemstones!

Stephanie Hyde

Dinosaur walk was great. Mini golf wasn't worth the $$ paid

Rick Campbell

We had a great time looking and learning about the dinosaur's

Jacob Henderson

Rare occasion where a tourist trap was enjoyable for everyone, even our pup. Excellent maintained grounds, good canopy of trees keep the sun off you while you watch your little ones go down the path looking at dinosaurs. Staff was extremely friendly and even offered our golden a drink. We did most of what the facility had to offer through a discounted combo pass. The mini golf course was well maintained and suitable for all ages. The fossil dig was enjoyed by all the kids aged 2, 6 and 15. All and all a 5 star especially for younger children and if you have a dog as sometimes traveling with them can really limit your options.

Stephen Twomey

Love this place. Best thing in this part of Michigan for kids.

Dale C

Great entertainment for kids and very affordable .friendly staff

Colleen Wolfbauer

My sons loved walking through and "finding" dinosaurs. it's a bit expensive for a self-lead, art/sculpture walkthrough, but they had fun for sure!

Lashanna Shattuck

Very educational interesting views and lots of fun for the kids not bad pricings

Laurie Rakestraw

Had a fantastic time with our Grandkids checking out the dinosaurs and ended the day finding gems in the sluice box, they can't wait to go back.

CJ jackson

Great place to take young and old alike very entertaining for kids a must stop by for family's

the gill

It's nice for younger kids and the trail is nice and shady.

Scott Hayes

Look it up and check it out for yourself. Every parent is different and it's too bad you have these helicopter PARENTS who are mentally unstable when it comes to their kids. It's a shame... But this place was a blast and a great place to burn time and energy

Brian

Been going here with my family since i was a young boy. One of my favorite places on Earth. 5⭐s

LEC Smith

It didn't look like it was opened, but it does look interesting. I did get a picture of Christ statue. Beautiful! I'll visit again next time I'm through.

Linda Thompson

Too pricey....

Donald Hunt

Nice place for young kids who love dinosaurs.

Jan Avalons Designs

Great walking path. The dinosaurs are great. Learn a lot go information about them. Did putt putt golf and a fossle dig. Somewhere I would recommend people visiting in the area.

Chance Napier

This is a pretty cool place to take the kids. They actually have a lot of dinosaur statues there. They're not lifelike but they're pretty cool. We took a one-year-old and she had a blast.

Kendra Battig

We took our 13, 11, and 9 year old here while on vacation in Alpena. It was a bit smaller than we expected however our girls seemed to enjoy it. Prices weren’t bad for what they offered. I feel like it’s something younger kids would enjoy a little more than our kids’ ages. Our 9 year old enjoyed it the best. Staff was friendly. They had a cute little shop and even offered a frozen yogurt bar! We would recommend it to others!

Judy Murphy

Kid loved it

Byron Hatch

Had a great time with my grandson.

kimberly couture

Disappointed to say the least.

Bob Pawloski

Super fun place to visit.

Alison Heltsley

My son absolutely loves this place and it's tradition for us to go once a year while we're up visiting family in ossineke. Its an inexpensive yet very memorable family experience and I highly recommend checking it out if you're in the area!

hope Cumbee

Not to big, but worth the time.

Diane Safford

Many new upgrades fresh paint , bigger parking lot , I was surprised how good the grounds and dinosaurs look this year. Had a wonderful day great place to streach your legs and have a picnic.

Kidz Toyz & Battle Show

Love this place! Nice price, kids love the dinos, we love the forest walk.

Dave Grammens

Loved it. Family tradition every time we are up north

Ric Racette

Great place

Todd Shorkey

My family stopped there to play the "dinosaur themed" mini golf. Sadly we did not have the time to do the self guided dinosaur walk. The mini golf was interesting and different, but other that a few hole shaped like dinosaurs and the names of the holes being dinosaur related, It was just your basic mini golf course, nothing special, but it was still challenging and fun. The golf was $6 and there is a special price for a golf and dinosaur walk combo. They have a nice gift shop and frozen yogurt bar with many toppings. The employees were very friendly and helpful. It is a good place for a family visit and entertainment.

Kristina Powell

Very fun (exept for the mosquitoes)

aliza morse

You get too explore the ancient history of dinos the animals that are in books, and possibly in fairy tales. This is one of the best places I've ever been, I recommend taking any children or adult here.

Gail Maurer

It is great family fun.

Steve Gwizdala

Grandkids had fun. Some of the displays are corny but enjoyable.

Amy Marie

I love how cute this place is. One dinosaur did fall down but you know what hes been standing their posing at least 15 years. He deserves a nap. It's a good place for kids but I still have been as an adult. Very laid back place and not a long walk. They have cute items for sale in the gift shop. I also think they just added ice cream!I would recommend this place 100%.

Sarah Colombe

Nice, path well kept. Only did the self guided tour with family. Only thing that I did notice is that the trees they labeled, some only had post, others no sign. Maybr a work in progress. Would go again for putt putt.

Zach Benton

You took my two-and-a-half-year-old son here the other week and found the place to be just as good as I remembered from when I visited as a kid. The gift shop has really reasonably priced items. some characteristics of the dinosaur are not quite to the image you have been taught however it's still an overall great experience for the family and a good way to get out of the house.

Tim Condo

This is a fun stop for the kids. It is a nice path with concrete dinosaur displays and a mini golf course. Staff are friendly and polite.

Tony Racette

Great place to visit just need to do something about the bugs .