Zoo
Los Angeles Zoo
🇺🇸 United States
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 134 spp. present
The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens is a 133-acre (54 ha) zoo founded in 1966 and located in Los Angeles, California, United States. The city of Los Angeles owns the zoo, its land and facilities, and the animals. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
34.148° N 118.284° W
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
High
Species present
134
speciesOpened
1966
Size
Large
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 10:00–17:00
Getting there
🦒 Animals in captivity
LC
Beaded Lizard
Heloderma horridum
Before you go
Where is Los Angeles Zoo?
Los Angeles, United States
Los Angeles Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in Los Angeles, United States. Its coordinates are 34.148° N, 118.284° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Channel Islands National Park, about 137 km away.
What animals can you see at Los Angeles Zoo?
134 species
Citizen-science photos record 134 species at Los Angeles Zoo, including Slender-tailed Meerkat, Chilean Flamingo, American Alligator, Western Grey Kangaroo and Southern Cassowary. 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 Los Angeles Zoo in the wild?
Slender-tailed Meerkat: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Some of the animals photographed at Los Angeles Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Slender-tailed Meerkat (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park), Chilean Flamingo (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Lauca National Park) and American Alligator (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Big Cypress National Preserve).
When is Los Angeles Zoo open?
Every day · 10:00–17:00
According to its open map listing, Los Angeles Zoo 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 Los Angeles Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1966, 53 ha
Los Angeles Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in Los Angeles, United States, opened in 1966 and covers about 53 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 134 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