Zoo
Oakland Zoo
🇺🇸 United States
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 106 spp. present
The Oakland Zoo is located in the Grass Valley neighborhood of Oakland, California, United States. Established on June 6, 1922, it is managed by the Conservation Society of California, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of wildlife both locally and globally. The zoo is home to more than 850 native and exotic animals and is a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
37.751° N 122.148° W
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Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
High
Species present
106
speciesOpened
1922
Size
Large
Visit
Opening hours
Mon–Fri · 10:00–16:30Sat–Sun · 9:30–16:30
Getting there
Who runs it
- Founded by
- Henry A. Snow
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
LC
Hamadryas Baboon
Papio hamadryas
Before you go
Where is Oakland Zoo?
San Francisco, United States
Oakland Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in San Francisco, United States. Its coordinates are 37.751° N, 122.148° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Yosemite National Park, about 228 km away.
What animals can you see at Oakland Zoo?
106 species
Citizen-science photos record 106 species at Oakland Zoo, including Slender-tailed Meerkat, Dromedary Camel, Plains Zebra, Hamadryas Baboon and American Alligator. 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 Oakland Zoo in the wild?
Slender-tailed Meerkat: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Some of the animals photographed at Oakland 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), Dromedary Camel (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park) and Plains Zebra (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Akagera National Park).
When is Oakland Zoo open?
Mon–Fri · 10:00–16:30
According to its open map listing, Oakland Zoo is open Mon–Fri · 10:00–16:30; Sat–Sun · 9:30–16:30. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did Oakland Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1922, 52 ha
Oakland Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in San Francisco, United States, opened in 1922 and covers about 52 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 106 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)