Rescue centre
Lindsay Wildlife Experience
🇺🇸 United States
🩹 Rescue & rehabilitation centre, United States 41 spp. present
Lindsay Wildlife Experience, formerly known as Lindsay Wildlife Museum, is a family museum and wildlife rehabilitation center in Walnut Creek, California. Lindsay is the first wildlife hospital established in the United States, and a popular family museum in the East Bay Area near San Francisco. Founded in Walnut Creek in 1955, the museum's programs "connect people with wildlife to inspire responsibility and respect for the world we share." The museum features a number of California wildlife exhibits, natural history specimens, and a special theater offering a look into one of the hospital's many wildlife treatment rooms. The rehabilitation center—still among the largest in the country—trea Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
37.923° N 122.076° W
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
High
Species present
41
speciesOpened
1955
Size
Small
Visit
Opening hours
Wed–Sun · 10:00–17:00
Getting there
Who runs it
- Founded by
- Alexander Lindsay
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
LC
Common Porcupine
Erethizon dorsatum
Before you go
Where is Lindsay Wildlife Experience?
United States
Lindsay Wildlife Experience is a rescue and rehabilitation centre in the United States. Its coordinates are 37.923° N, 122.076° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Yosemite National Park, about 222 km away.
What animals can you see at Lindsay Wildlife Experience?
41 species
Citizen-science photos record 41 species at Lindsay Wildlife Experience, including Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Band-tailed Pigeon, Swainson's Hawk and Acorn Woodpecker. 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 Lindsay Wildlife Experience in the wild?
Bald Eagle: Great Bear Rainforest
Some of the animals photographed at Lindsay Wildlife Experience 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), Red-tailed Hawk (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Irazú Volcano National Park) and Band-tailed Pigeon (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Irazú Volcano National Park).
Does Lindsay Wildlife Experience charge an entrance fee?
Yes, it is paid
The open map data for Lindsay Wildlife Experience lists it as a paid-entry attraction. It does not include ticket prices or any change since it was last edited, so check the official website before you go.
When is Lindsay Wildlife Experience open?
Wed–Sun · 10:00–17:00
According to its open map listing, Lindsay Wildlife Experience is open Wed–Sun · 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 Lindsay Wildlife Experience open and how big is it?
Opened 1955, 0.2 ha
Lindsay Wildlife Experience, a rescue and rehabilitation centre in the United States, opened in 1955 and covers about 0.2 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 41 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