Zoo
Potter Park Zoo
🇺🇸 United States
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 59 spp. present
The Potter Park Zoo is a 102-acre (41.3 ha) zoo located in Lansing, Michigan, within Lansing's Potter Park. Its mission is to Inspire people to conserve animals in the natural world. Potter Park Zoo is the oldest public zoo in Michigan and is currently home to over 160 species of animals. The zoo is owned by the City of Lansing, and operated by Ingham County. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
42.718° N 84.528° W
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Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
High
Species present
59
speciesOpened
1915
Size
Large
Visit
Getting there
- Address
- 1301 S. Pennsylvania Avenue, Lansing, MI 48912
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
EN
African Spurred Tortoise
Centrochelys sulcata
Before you go
Where is Potter Park Zoo?
United States
Potter Park Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, at 1301 S. Pennsylvania Avenue, Lansing, MI 48912. Its coordinates are 42.718° N, 84.528° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Point Pelee National Park, about 185 km away.
What animals can you see at Potter Park Zoo?
59 species
Citizen-science photos record 59 species at Potter Park Zoo, including Magellanic Penguin, Bald Eagle, Common Raven, African Spurred Tortoise and Northern River Otter. 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 Potter Park Zoo in the wild?
Magellanic Penguin: Península Valdés
Some of the animals photographed at Potter Park Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Magellanic Penguin (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Península Valdés), Bald Eagle (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Great Bear Rainforest) and Common Raven (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Grand Canyon National Park).
Does Potter Park Zoo charge an entrance fee?
Yes, it is paid
The open map data for Potter Park Zoo lists it as a paid-entry attraction. It does not include ticket prices or any change since it was last edited, so check the official website before you go.
When did Potter Park Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1915, 18 ha
Potter Park Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1915 and covers about 18 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 59 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