Zoo
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo
🇺🇸 United States
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 34 spp. present
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo is located in Palo Alto, California and part of the City of Palo Alto's Community Services Department (CSD). It was founded in 1934 by Josephine O’Hara in the basement of a local elementary school. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
37.444° N 122.144° W
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
High
Species present
34
speciesOpened
1934
Size
Small
Visit
Opening hours
Tue–Sun · 10:00–17:00
Getting there
Who runs it
- Run by
- Palo Alto Community Services Department
- Owned by
- City of Palo Alto
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo?
San Francisco, United States
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in San Francisco, United States. Its coordinates are 37.444° N, 122.144° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Yosemite National Park, about 233 km away.
What animals can you see at Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo?
34 species
Citizen-science photos record 34 species at Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo, including Scarlet Ibis, Bald Eagle, American Flamingo, African Spoonbill and Hamerkop. 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 Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo in the wild?
Scarlet Ibis: Caroni Swamp
Some of the animals photographed at Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Scarlet Ibis (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Caroni Swamp), Bald Eagle (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Great Bear Rainforest) and American Flamingo (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve).
When is Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo open?
Tue–Sun · 10:00–17:00
According to its open map listing, Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo is open Tue–Sun · 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 Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1934, 0.2 ha
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in San Francisco, United States, opened in 1934 and covers about 0.2 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 34 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