Aquarium
Birch Aquarium
🇺🇸 United States
AZA
🐠 Aquarium, United States 265 spp. present
Birch Aquarium is a public aquarium in La Jolla, a community of San Diego, California. It serves as the public outreach center for Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, with over half a million people visiting the aquarium each year. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
32.866° N 117.251° W
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
High
Species present
265
speciesOpened
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Size
Small
Accreditations
- Association of Zoos and AquariumsNorth American standards for animal welfare and conservation
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 9:00–17:00
Getting there
- Address
- 2300 Expedition Way, San Diego, CA 92037
- Access
- Wheelchair accessible
What visitors say
🐠 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Birch Aquarium?
San Diego, United States
Birch Aquarium is an aquarium in San Diego, United States, at 2300 Expedition Way, San Diego, CA 92037. Its coordinates are 32.866° N, 117.251° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Joshua Tree National Park, about 173 km away.
What animals can you see at Birch Aquarium?
265 species
Citizen-science photos record 265 species at Birch Aquarium, including Leopard Shark, Little Penguin, Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Horn Shark and Swellshark. 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 Birch Aquarium in the wild?
Leopard Shark: Channel Islands National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Birch Aquarium also live in the parks and cities we cover: Leopard Shark (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Channel Islands National Park), Little Penguin (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Egmont National Park) and Loggerhead Sea Turtle (about 20% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Ningaloo Marine Park).
When is Birch Aquarium open?
Every day · 9:00–17:00
According to its open map listing, Birch Aquarium is open Every day · 9:00–17:00. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
Is Birch Aquarium accredited?
AZA
Open registers list Birch Aquarium with AZA. These marks come from Wikidata, and they are shown here as a fact, not as an endorsement.
When did Birch Aquarium open and how big is it?
0.3 ha
Birch Aquarium, an aquarium in San Diego, United States, covers about 0.3 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 265 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)