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Alameda Park Zoo
🇺🇸 United States
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 53 spp. present
Alameda Park Zoo, located in Alamogordo, New Mexico, was founded in 1898 and claims to be the oldest zoo in the Southwestern United States. It participates in the Species Survival Plan for the Mexican wolf. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
32.901° N 105.961° W
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Essentials
Entrance
—
Tourism
High
Species present
53
speciesOpened
1898
Size
Medium
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 9:00–17:0025 Dec · closed1 Jan · closed
Getting there
- Address
- 1376 East 9th Street, Alamogordo, NM 88310
- Phone
- +1-575-439-4100
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
NT
Hawaiian Goose
Branta sandvicensis
Before you go
Where is Alameda Park Zoo?
United States
Alameda Park Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, at 1376 East 9th Street, Alamogordo, NM 88310. Its coordinates are 32.901° N, 105.961° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Guadalupe Mountains National Park, about 148 km away.
What animals can you see at Alameda Park Zoo?
53 species
Citizen-science photos record 53 species at Alameda Park Zoo, including Golden Pheasant, Taveta Golden-Weaver, Swainson's Hawk, Speckled Pigeon and Bald Eagle. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Alameda Park Zoo in the wild?
Taveta Golden-Weaver: Arusha National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Alameda Park Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Taveta Golden-Weaver (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Arusha National Park), Swainson's Hawk (about 20% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in El Palmar National Park) and Speckled Pigeon (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Niokolo-Koba National Park).
When is Alameda Park Zoo open?
Every day · 9:00–17:00
According to its open map listing, Alameda Park Zoo is open Every day · 9:00–17:00; 25 Dec · closed; 1 Jan · closed. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did Alameda Park Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1898, 4.0 ha
Alameda Park Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1898 and covers about 4.0 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 53 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)