Zoo
Phillips Park Zoo
🇺🇸 United States
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 24 spp. present
Phillips Park Zoo is located on the grounds of Phillips Park, in Aurora, Illinois, United States. It was originally established in 1915, and is still open year-round with no admission charge. It was once home to exotic animals such as giraffes and monkeys, but the zoo's focus changed to native animals after Brookfield Zoo opened in 1934. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
41.736° N 88.295° W
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Essentials
Entrance
Free
Tourism
High
Species present
24
speciesOpened
1915
Size
Medium
Visit
Getting there
- Address
- 1000 Ray C. Moses Drive, Aurora, IL 60505
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Phillips Park Zoo?
United States
Phillips Park Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, at 1000 Ray C. Moses Drive, Aurora, IL 60505. Its coordinates are 41.736° N, 88.295° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Point Pelee National Park, about 479 km away.
What animals can you see at Phillips Park Zoo?
24 species
Citizen-science photos record 24 species at Phillips Park Zoo, including Common Peafowl, Common Raccoon, Coyote, Bald Eagle and Blue-and-yellow Macaw. 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 Phillips Park Zoo in the wild?
Common Peafowl: Udawalawe National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Phillips Park Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Common Peafowl (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Udawalawe National Park), Common Raccoon (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Celestún Biosphere Reserve) and Coyote (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Death Valley National Park).
Does Phillips Park Zoo charge an entrance fee?
Free
The open map data for Phillips Park Zoo lists it as free to enter. It does not include ticket prices or any change since it was last edited, so check the official website before you go.
When did Phillips Park Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1915, 4.0 ha
Phillips Park Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1915 and covers about 4.0 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 24 species are photographed there.
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