Zoo

Blank Park Zoo

Q: Where is Blank Park Zoo?

United States. Blank Park Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 41.519° N, 93.624° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Badlands National Park, about 759 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Blank Park Zoo?

46 species. Citizen-science photos record 46 species at Blank Park Zoo, including Red-necked Wallaby, Chilean Flamingo, Southern Cassowary, Green and Black Dart-poison Frog and Pheasant Pigeon. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Q: When did Blank Park Zoo open and how big is it?

Opened 1966, 22 ha. Blank Park Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1966 and covers about 22 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 46 species are photographed there.

🇺🇸 United States

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 46 spp. present

Blank Park Zoo is a 49-acre zoological park on the south side of Des Moines, Iowa, United States, near historic Fort Des Moines. The zoo is a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

41.519° N 93.624° W

🎟️ Visit

Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

High

Species present

species

Opened

1966

Size

Large

Visit

Getting there

blankparkzoo.com ↗

What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

LC Endemic

Notamacropus rufogriseus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park+ 9 more parks

Phoenicopterus chilensis

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Lauca National Park+ 4 more parks

Casuarius casuarius

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

in Daintree National Park

Dendrobates auratus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Carara National Park+ 18 more parks

Otidiphaps nobilis

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or cities

LC Endemic

Chenonetta jubata

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Royal National Park+ 12 more parks

Dendrobates leucomelas

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or cities

Pavo cristatus

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Udawalawe National Park+ 26 more parks

Before you go

Where is Blank Park Zoo?

United States

Blank Park Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 41.519° N, 93.624° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Badlands National Park, about 759 km away.

What animals can you see at Blank Park Zoo?

46 species

Citizen-science photos record 46 species at Blank Park Zoo, including Red-necked Wallaby, Chilean Flamingo, Southern Cassowary, Green and Black Dart-poison Frog and Pheasant Pigeon. 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 Blank Park Zoo in the wild?

Red-necked Wallaby: Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Blank Park Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Red-necked Wallaby (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park), Chilean Flamingo (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Lauca National Park) and Southern Cassowary (about 10% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Daintree National Park).

When did Blank Park Zoo open and how big is it?

Opened 1966, 22 ha

Blank Park Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1966 and covers about 22 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 46 species are photographed there.