Aquarium

Downtown Aquarium, Houston

Q: Where is Downtown Aquarium, Houston?

Houston, United States. Downtown Aquarium, Houston is an aquarium in Houston, United States. Its coordinates are 29.764° N, 95.367° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Padre Island National Seashore, about 330 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Downtown Aquarium, Houston?

255 species. Citizen-science photos record 255 species at Downtown Aquarium, Houston, including Emerald Tree Boa, American Alligator, Red-footed Tortoise, Pond Slider and Sand Tiger Shark. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Q: Where can you see the animals of Downtown Aquarium, Houston in the wild?

Emerald Tree Boa: Brownsberg Nature Park. Some of the animals photographed at Downtown Aquarium, Houston also live in the parks and cities we cover: Emerald Tree Boa (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Brownsberg Nature Park), American Alligator (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Big Cypress National Preserve) and Red-footed Tortoise (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Emas National Park).

Q: When did Downtown Aquarium, Houston open and how big is it?

Opened 2003, 0.3 ha. Downtown Aquarium, Houston, an aquarium in Houston, United States, opened in 2003 and covers about 0.3 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 255 species are photographed there.

🇺🇸 United States

🏙️ In Houston

🐠 Aquarium, United States 255 spp. present

Downtown Aquarium is a for-profit aquarium and restaurant located in Houston, Texas, United States, United States. It is located on a 6-acre (2.4 ha) site at 410 Bagby Street in downtown Houston, developed from two landmarks: Fire Station No. 1 and the Central Waterworks Building. The venue houses over 200 species of aquatic animals in 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 L) of aquariums. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

29.764° N 95.367° W

🎟️ Visit

Essentials

Entrance

—

Tourism

High

Species present

255

species

Opened

2003

Size

Small

Visit

Getting there

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What visitors say

🐠 Animals in captivity

Corallus caninus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

in Brownsberg Nature Park

LC Endemic

Alligator mississippiensis

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Big Cypress National Preserve+ 3 more parks

Chelonoidis carbonarius

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

in Emas National Park+ 2 more parks

Trachemys scripta

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Congaree National Park+ 14 more parks

Carcharias taurus

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or cities

Chelydra serpentina

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Congaree National Park+ 7 more parks

Pseudemys concinna

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

in Congaree National Park

Myrmecophaga tridactyla

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Serra da Canastra National Park+ 4 more parks

Before you go

Where is Downtown Aquarium, Houston?

Houston, United States

Downtown Aquarium, Houston is an aquarium in Houston, United States. Its coordinates are 29.764° N, 95.367° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Padre Island National Seashore, about 330 km away.

What animals can you see at Downtown Aquarium, Houston?

255 species

Citizen-science photos record 255 species at Downtown Aquarium, Houston, including Emerald Tree Boa, American Alligator, Red-footed Tortoise, Pond Slider and Sand Tiger Shark. 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 Downtown Aquarium, Houston in the wild?

Emerald Tree Boa: Brownsberg Nature Park

Some of the animals photographed at Downtown Aquarium, Houston also live in the parks and cities we cover: Emerald Tree Boa (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Brownsberg Nature Park), American Alligator (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Big Cypress National Preserve) and Red-footed Tortoise (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Emas National Park).

When did Downtown Aquarium, Houston open and how big is it?

Opened 2003, 0.3 ha

Downtown Aquarium, Houston, an aquarium in Houston, United States, opened in 2003 and covers about 0.3 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 255 species are photographed there.