Zoo
Gatorland
🇺🇸 United States
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 129 spp. present
Gatorland is a 110-acre (45 ha) theme park and wildlife preserve in Florida, located along South Orange Blossom Trail south of Orlando. It was founded in 1949 by Owen Godwin on former cattle land, and is privately owned by his family. Though the address is given as being in Orlando, the actual location is in Southchase. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
28.354° N 81.402° W
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
—
Tourism
High
Species present
129
speciesOpened
1949
Size
Large
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 10:00–17:00
Getting there
- Address
- 14501 South Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32837
- Phone
- +1-800-393-5297
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
EN
African Spurred Tortoise
Centrochelys sulcata
Before you go
Where is Gatorland?
Orlando, United States
Gatorland is a zoo or wildlife park in Orlando, United States, at 14501 South Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32837. Its coordinates are 28.354° N, 81.402° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, about 73 km away.
What animals can you see at Gatorland?
129 species
Citizen-science photos record 129 species at Gatorland, including American Alligator, Blue-and-yellow Macaw, American Flamingo, Emu and African Spurred Tortoise. 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 Gatorland in the wild?
American Alligator: Big Cypress National Preserve
Some of the animals photographed at Gatorland also live in the parks and cities we cover: American Alligator (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Big Cypress National Preserve), Blue-and-yellow Macaw (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Emas National Park) and American Flamingo (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve).
When is Gatorland open?
Every day · 10:00–17:00
According to its open map listing, Gatorland 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 Gatorland open and how big is it?
Opened 1949, 26 ha
Gatorland, a zoo or wildlife park in Orlando, United States, opened in 1949 and covers about 26 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 129 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)