Zoo
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
🇺🇸 United States
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 191 spp. present
The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is the second oldest zoo in the United States, founded in 1873 and officially opening in 1875. It is located in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. It originally began with 64.5 acres (26.1 ha) in the middle of the city, but has spread into the neighboring blocks and several reserves in Cincinnati's outer suburbs. Several historic buildings were designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1987. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
39.145° N 84.507° W
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Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
High
Species present
191
speciesOpened
1875
Size
Large
Visit
Getting there
- Address
- 3400 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45220
- Access
- Wheelchair accessible
Who runs it
- Run by
- Cincinnati Park Board
- Founded by
- Andrew Erkenbrecher
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden?
United States
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, at 3400 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45220. Its coordinates are 39.145° N, 84.507° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Point Pelee National Park, about 356 km away.
What animals can you see at Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden?
191 species
Citizen-science photos record 191 species at Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, including Bald Eagle, Slender-tailed Meerkat, Wood Duck, Common Ostrich and Komodo Dragon. 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 Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden in the wild?
Bald Eagle: Great Bear Rainforest
Some of the animals photographed at Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden also live in the parks and cities we cover: Bald Eagle (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Great Bear Rainforest), Slender-tailed Meerkat (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park) and Wood Duck (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Point Pelee National Park).
When did Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden open and how big is it?
Opened 1875, 32 ha
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1875 and covers about 32 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 191 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)