Zoo

Memphis Zoo

Q: Where is Memphis Zoo?

United States. Memphis Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, at 2000 Prentiss Place, Memphis, TN 38112. Its coordinates are 35.150° N, 89.994° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Great Smoky Mountains National Park, about 579 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Memphis Zoo?

270 species. Citizen-science photos record 270 species at Memphis Zoo, including Chilean Flamingo, Komodo Dragon, Mountain Lion, African Penguin and Slender-tailed Meerkat. 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 Memphis Zoo in the wild?

Chilean Flamingo: Lauca National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Memphis Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Chilean Flamingo (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Lauca National Park), Komodo Dragon (over 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Komodo National Park) and Mountain Lion (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Torres del Paine National Park).

Q: When did Memphis Zoo open and how big is it?

Opened 1906, 25 ha. Memphis Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1906 and covers about 25 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 270 species are photographed there.

🇺🇸 United States

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 270 spp. present

The Memphis Zoo is a zoo in Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee, United States. It is home to more than 3,500 animals representing over 500 different species. Created in April 1906, the zoo has been a major tenant of Overton Park for more than 100 years. The land currently designated to the Memphis Zoo was defined by the Overton Park master plan in 1888, it is owned by the City of Memphis. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

35.150° N 89.994° W

🎟️ Visit

Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

High

Species present

270

species

Opened

1906

Size

Large

Visit

Getting there

Address: 2000 Prentiss Place, Memphis, TN 38112

memphiszoo.org ↗

What visitors say

In fact the first two times we had been to the zoo was for Zoo Lights… so we didn’t actually go to the zoo and see any animals until our third visit.

🦒 Animals in captivity

Phoenicopterus chilensis

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Lauca National Park+ 4 more parks

EN Endemic

Varanus komodoensis

Daily sighting probability >90% · Very likely

in Komodo National Park

Puma concolor

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Torres del Paine National Park+ 21 more parks

Spheniscus demersus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

in Table Mountain National Park+ 2 more parks

Suricata suricatta

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park+ 2 more parks

LC Endemic

Dacelo novaeguineae

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Royal National Park+ 15 more parks

Dendrocygna viduata

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Amboseli National Park+ 52 more parks

Anser indicus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Kaziranga National Park+ 11 more parks

Before you go

Where is Memphis Zoo?

United States

Memphis Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, at 2000 Prentiss Place, Memphis, TN 38112. Its coordinates are 35.150° N, 89.994° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Great Smoky Mountains National Park, about 579 km away.

What animals can you see at Memphis Zoo?

270 species

Citizen-science photos record 270 species at Memphis Zoo, including Chilean Flamingo, Komodo Dragon, Mountain Lion, African Penguin and Slender-tailed Meerkat. 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 Memphis Zoo in the wild?

Chilean Flamingo: Lauca National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Memphis Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Chilean Flamingo (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Lauca National Park), Komodo Dragon (over 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Komodo National Park) and Mountain Lion (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Torres del Paine National Park).

When did Memphis Zoo open and how big is it?

Opened 1906, 25 ha

Memphis Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1906 and covers about 25 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 270 species are photographed there.