Beaches Town Center

Welcome to the Atlantic Beach Turtle Crawl! If this is the first turtle you’ve found, there are 23 others scattered throughout our park system, in places of historic significance, and even in some unexpected locations. If you’re up for a scavenger hunt to find every turtle on our Turtle Crawl, you can find a map HERE.

  1. Know Your Turtle
  2. Fun Things to Do Here

Diamondback Terrapin

Diamondback Terrapins are carnivorous turtles with ring like patterns on their scutes. Like human fingerprints each terrapin has a unique pattern on each scute. They use their powerful jaws to crack open the hard shells of prey such as mollusks, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Diamondback Terrapins are one of the only turtles in the United States capable of living in brackish water like at Dutton Island. Terrapins were once considered a delicacy but are now illegal to cook and eat.