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Minnesota Zoo

Q: Where is Minnesota Zoo?

United States. Minnesota Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 44.769° N, 93.199° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Voyageurs National Park, about 416 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Minnesota Zoo?

178 species. Citizen-science photos record 178 species at Minnesota Zoo, including Brown Bear, Bald Eagle, Caribou, Black-tailed Prairie Dog and Japanese Macaque. 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 Minnesota Zoo in the wild?

Brown Bear: Katmai National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Minnesota Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Brown Bear (over 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Katmai National Park), Bald Eagle (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Great Bear Rainforest) and Caribou (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Svalbard).

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

Opened 1978, 173 ha. Minnesota Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1978 and covers about 173 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 178 species are photographed there.

🇺🇸 United States

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 178 spp. present

The Minnesota Zoo (formerly the Minnesota Zoological Garden) is an AZA-accredited zoo in Apple Valley, Minnesota. The zoo is one of two state-supported zoos in the United States, with the other being the North Carolina Zoo. When it opened on May 22, 1978, it was fairly revolutionary in its exhibit design. The zoo, built in a suburbanizing rural area, had more space to house exhibits and was one of the first zoos to organize its animals by their living environment as opposed to their species. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

44.769° N 93.199° W

🎟️ Visit

Essentials

Entrance

—

Tourism

High

Species present

178

species

Opened

1978

Size

Large

Visit

Getting there

mnzoo.org ↗

What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

Ursus arctos

Daily sighting probability >90% · Very likely

in Katmai National Park+ 14 more parks

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Great Bear Rainforest+ 35 more parks

Rangifer tarandus

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Svalbard+ 6 more parks

Cynomys ludovicianus

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Badlands National Park

LC Endemic

Macaca fuscata

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Nikko National Park

Spheniscus demersus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

in Table Mountain National Park+ 2 more parks

Alces alces

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Biebrza National Park+ 1 more park

Bubo virginianus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

in El Impenetrable National Park+ 43 more parks

Before you go

Where is Minnesota Zoo?

United States

Minnesota Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 44.769° N, 93.199° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Voyageurs National Park, about 416 km away.

What animals can you see at Minnesota Zoo?

178 species

Citizen-science photos record 178 species at Minnesota Zoo, including Brown Bear, Bald Eagle, Caribou, Black-tailed Prairie Dog and Japanese Macaque. 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 Minnesota Zoo in the wild?

Brown Bear: Katmai National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Minnesota Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Brown Bear (over 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Katmai National Park), Bald Eagle (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Great Bear Rainforest) and Caribou (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Svalbard).

When did Minnesota Zoo open and how big is it?

Opened 1978, 173 ha

Minnesota Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1978 and covers about 173 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 178 species are photographed there.