page_title: Great Lawn and Turtle Pond
section_title: Use
hierarchical_section_title: Great Lawn and Turtle Pond / Use
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking north at Great Lawn on a sunny late afternoon. en:The Eldorado in background left.
context_page_description: The Great Lawn and Turtle Pond are two connected features of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, United States. The lawn and pond are located on the site of a former reservoir for the Croton Aqueduct system which was infilled during the early 20th century.
  The pond, originally known as Belvedere Lake, abuts Belvedere Castle as well as the Delacorte Theater, and contains a variety of turtles and fish. The lawn is composed of 14 acres of oval-shaped land, which is used not only for sports but also for concerts.
context_section_description: In 1996, Great Lawn was used by 12,100 softball games per year, with 250,000 combined players. The following year, it was estimated that 15 million people crossed the Great Lawn every year.
caption: Recreational usage of the Great Lawn
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