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Fossil Rim Wildlife Center

Q: Where is Fossil Rim Wildlife Center?

United States. Fossil Rim Wildlife Center is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 32.181° N, 97.796° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Padre Island National Seashore, about 537 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center?

26 species. Citizen-science photos record 26 species at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, including Blue Wildebeest, Blackbuck, Fallow Deer, Aoudad and Roan Antelope. 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 Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in the wild?

Blue Wildebeest: Amboseli National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center also live in the parks and cities we cover: Blue Wildebeest (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Amboseli National Park), Blackbuck (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kanha National Park) and Fallow Deer (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kosciuszko National Park).

Q: When did Fossil Rim Wildlife Center open?

Opened 1984. Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1984, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 26 species are photographed there.

🇺🇸 United States

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 26 spp. present

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit conservation center near Glen Rose, Texas. They specialize in the breeding of endangered species, public education, scientific research and natural land management. The facility has over 1,000 animals from 50 species. Guests have access to guided and self-guided tours across the center's 1800 acres of Texas Hill Country, as well as lodging, dining and educational facilities. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

32.181° N 97.796° W

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Essentials

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Tourism

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Species present

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Opened

1984

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Getting there

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What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

Connochaetes taurinus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Amboseli National Park+ 25 more parks

Antilope cervicapra

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Kanha National Park+ 3 more parks

Dama dama

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Kosciuszko National Park+ 11 more parks

Ammotragus lervia

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

in Big Bend National Park+ 1 more park

Hippotragus equinus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Niokolo-Koba National Park+ 6 more parks

Struthio camelus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in De Hoop Nature Reserve+ 26 more parks

Oryx dammah

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or cities

LC Endemic

Dromaius novaehollandiae

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Flinders Ranges National Park+ 8 more parks

Before you go

Where is Fossil Rim Wildlife Center?

United States

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 32.181° N, 97.796° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Padre Island National Seashore, about 537 km away.

What animals can you see at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center?

26 species

Citizen-science photos record 26 species at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, including Blue Wildebeest, Blackbuck, Fallow Deer, Aoudad and Roan Antelope. 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 Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in the wild?

Blue Wildebeest: Amboseli National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center also live in the parks and cities we cover: Blue Wildebeest (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Amboseli National Park), Blackbuck (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kanha National Park) and Fallow Deer (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kosciuszko National Park).

When did Fossil Rim Wildlife Center open?

Opened 1984

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1984, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 26 species are photographed there.