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There is no "Knott's Nature Center" in the park.

There was an aviary and a building called "Ranger Station / Nature Center". Both are gone, and there is certainly no structure called a "Nature Center" in KBF at present. Perhaps the building was converted into the "Pony Express Outpost" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.127.128.192 (talk) 22:40, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

False claim - "Ranger Station / Nature Center" at the west end of Museum Lane, north of Jeffries Barn. I hosts a "mini zoo" collection of insects, as well as displays regarding appreciation and conservation of nature. This talk page should be used to discuss the article, not to discuss the attributes of the theme park.Disneywizard (talk) 17:17, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Simply, a lie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.183.37.246 (talk) 03:21, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There used to be a nature area with wooden, folk art type mechanical constructions that children could play on called "Jungle Island". Jungle Island was nature trails and large bamboo groves. Jungle Island was on the extreme periphery of Knott's Berry Farm, and was an extension of a larger turf park on the outer boundary of the park, in which there was a duck pond, and it even had an organ grinder with a monkey. This was in the late 1960s. I wonder if it exists anymore?giggle 15:59, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

It does not. They paved it over and expanded the parking lot. Lots more info at History of Knott's Berry Farm --Guy Macon (talk) 21:19, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Size?

A recent edit had this in the edit comment:

"The previously stated size of 160 acres is incorrect and inconsistent with other theme parks listings. 160 acres includes not just Knott's Berry Farm, but its water park Soak City as well as all the parking lots. As a comparison, on the Disneyland page, that park is listed as 85 acres, and this area corresponds to the actual area of the park, not including parking and its neighboring park."

Which sounds reasonable.

Certainly parking lots should not be included, but should we list the size of Knott's Berry Farm and Soak City combined? And should we (do we?) list the area of Disneyland / Disney California Adventure combined? I could go either way, but am leaning toward listing the size of just Knott's Berry Farm with "(not including Soak City)" in parenthesis.

Related question: both parks have areas that are closed to the public (offices, maintenance areas, etc.) Should those be included in the size? IIRC, Disney World in Florida has those under the park, and I would assume not counted as part of the size. We should be consistent in how we list the size of theme parks. I am leaning towards counting only the area open to the public. --Guy Macon (talk) 20:06, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merge with Haunted Shack

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The result of this discussion was merge to History of Knott's Berry Farm. BiologicalMe (talk) 12:46, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Knotts Berry Farm article has descriptions of other rides and attractions. This is not notable on its own merits. Rogermx (talk) 20:53, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into History of Knott's Berry Farm instead. The only citation at Haunted Shack is dead, and all internet archive snapshots of it are copies of a dead page. see [1] --Guy Macon (talk) 21:22, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This might be the source--clearly shy of RS standards. BiologicalMe (talk) 18:24, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to History of Knott's Berry Farm. There appear to be adequate sources to establish notability. It has been on my watch list because I might have gotten around to a fix up, someday. This discussion might be the impetus for me to get around to some cleanup, but I doubt I would reach adequate length for a stand alone article, and the history article is a natural fit. Unless I have an amazing fit of productivity, my support of a merge stands regardless of my changes to the article. BiologicalMe (talk) 17:57, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A merge to History of Knott's Berry Farm sounds like the better solution. Thank you to Guy Macon and BiologicalMe! Rogermx (talk) 12:32, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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