Zoo
Buffalo Zoo
🇺🇸 United States
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 75 spp. present
Founded in 1875, the Buffalo Zoo, located at 300 Parkside Ave in Buffalo, New York, is the seventh oldest zoo in the United States. Each year, the Buffalo Zoo welcomes approximately 400,000 visitors and is the second largest tourist attraction in Western New York; second only to Niagara Falls. Located on 23.5 acres (9.5 ha) of Buffalo's Delaware Park, the zoo exhibits a diverse collection of wild and exotic animals, and more than 320 different species of plants. The zoo is open year-round. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
42.939° N 78.854° W
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Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
High
Species present
75
speciesOpened
1875
Size
Medium
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 10:00–17:00
Getting there
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Buffalo Zoo?
United States
Buffalo Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 42.939° N, 78.854° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Point Pelee National Park, about 319 km away.
What animals can you see at Buffalo Zoo?
75 species
Citizen-science photos record 75 species at Buffalo Zoo, including Slender-tailed Meerkat, Bald Eagle, Spotted Hyena, Komodo Dragon and Gemsbok. 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 Buffalo Zoo in the wild?
Slender-tailed Meerkat: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Some of the animals photographed at Buffalo Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Slender-tailed Meerkat (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park), Bald Eagle (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Great Bear Rainforest) and Spotted Hyena (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Aberdare National Park).
When is Buffalo Zoo open?
Every day · 10:00–17:00
According to its open map listing, Buffalo Zoo is open Every day · 10:00–17:00. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did Buffalo Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1875, 10 ha
Buffalo Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1875 and covers about 10 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 75 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · the centre's official website