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Peoria Zoo

Q: Where is Peoria Zoo?

United States. Peoria Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 40.715° N, 89.574° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Point Pelee National Park, about 605 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Peoria Zoo?

29 species. Citizen-science photos record 29 species at Peoria Zoo, including Laughing Kookaburra, Black Swan, Emu, Slender-tailed Meerkat and Red River Hog. 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 Peoria Zoo in the wild?

Laughing Kookaburra: Royal National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Peoria Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Laughing Kookaburra (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Royal National Park), Black Swan (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Gauja National Park) and Emu (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Flinders Ranges National Park).

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

Opened 1955, 6.0 ha. Peoria Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1955 and covers about 6.0 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 29 species are photographed there.

🇺🇸 United States

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 29 spp. present

The Peoria Zoo (formerly Glen Oak Zoo) is a zoo located in Peoria, Illinois, in the United States. The zoo is owned and operated by the Peoria Park District and is open daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

40.715° N 89.574° W

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Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

High

Species present

species

Opened

1955

Size

Medium

Visit

Getting there

Access: Wheelchair accessible

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Who runs it

Run by: Peoria Park District

What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

LC Endemic

Dacelo novaeguineae

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Royal National Park+ 15 more parks

Cygnus atratus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Gauja National Park+ 19 more parks

LC Endemic

Dromaius novaehollandiae

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Flinders Ranges National Park+ 8 more parks

Suricata suricatta

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park+ 2 more parks

Potamochoerus porcus

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or cities

CR Endemic

Chelonoidis niger

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Galápagos Islands

LC Endemic

Notamacropus rufogriseus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park+ 9 more parks

Ploceus castaneiceps

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

in Arusha National Park+ 2 more parks

Before you go

Where is Peoria Zoo?

United States

Peoria Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 40.715° N, 89.574° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Point Pelee National Park, about 605 km away.

What animals can you see at Peoria Zoo?

29 species

Citizen-science photos record 29 species at Peoria Zoo, including Laughing Kookaburra, Black Swan, Emu, Slender-tailed Meerkat and Red River Hog. 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 Peoria Zoo in the wild?

Laughing Kookaburra: Royal National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Peoria Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Laughing Kookaburra (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Royal National Park), Black Swan (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Gauja National Park) and Emu (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Flinders Ranges National Park).

When did Peoria Zoo open and how big is it?

Opened 1955, 6.0 ha

Peoria Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1955 and covers about 6.0 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 29 species are photographed there.