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Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo

Q: Where is Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo?

United States. Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 32.466° N, 92.094° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Padre Island National Seashore, about 760 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo?

36 species. Citizen-science photos record 36 species at Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo, including American Flamingo, African Sacred Ibis, Greater Rhea, Patagonian Cavy and Silver Pheasant. 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 Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo in the wild?

American Flamingo: Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve. Some of the animals photographed at Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: American Flamingo (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve), African Sacred Ibis (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Nairobi National Park) and Greater Rhea (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Emas National Park).

Q: When did Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo open and how big is it?

31 ha. Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, covers about 31 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 36 species are photographed there.

🇺🇸 United States

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 36 spp. present

Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo, located in Monroe, Louisiana, is an 80-acre (32 ha) zoological park that exhibits over 500 animals. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

32.466° N 92.094° W

🎟️ Visit

Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

Medium

Species present

species

Opened

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Size

Large

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Getting there

monroezoo.org ↗

What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

Phoenicopterus ruber

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve+ 10 more parks

Threskiornis aethiopicus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Nairobi National Park+ 46 more parks

Rhea americana

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Emas National Park+ 5 more parks

Dolichotis patagonum

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Península Valdés

Lophura nycthemera

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

in Khao Yai National Park+ 3 more parks

LC Endemic

Dromaius novaehollandiae

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Flinders Ranges National Park+ 8 more parks

Struthio camelus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in De Hoop Nature Reserve+ 26 more parks

LC Endemic

Alligator mississippiensis

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Big Cypress National Preserve+ 3 more parks

Before you go

Where is Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo?

United States

Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 32.466° N, 92.094° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Padre Island National Seashore, about 760 km away.

What animals can you see at Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo?

36 species

Citizen-science photos record 36 species at Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo, including American Flamingo, African Sacred Ibis, Greater Rhea, Patagonian Cavy and Silver Pheasant. 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 Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo in the wild?

American Flamingo: Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve

Some of the animals photographed at Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: American Flamingo (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve), African Sacred Ibis (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Nairobi National Park) and Greater Rhea (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Emas National Park).

When did Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo open and how big is it?

31 ha

Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, covers about 31 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 36 species are photographed there.