Zoo
Reptile Gardens
🇺🇸 United States
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 152 spp. present
Reptile Gardens is a reptile-focused zoo south of Rapid City, South Dakota, on US 16 between Rapid City and Mount Rushmore. The park is open from the first Saturday of March through November 30 each year. Reptile Gardens was certified in the 2014 and 2018 editions of Guinness World Records as the world's largest reptile zoo. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
43.990° N 103.272° W
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
High
Species present
152
speciesOpened
1937
Size
Medium
Visit
Getting there
- Address
- 8955 US-16, Rapid City, SD 57701
- Phone
- +18003350275
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
EN
African Spurred Tortoise
Centrochelys sulcata
Before you go
Where is Reptile Gardens?
United States
Reptile Gardens is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, at 8955 US-16, Rapid City, SD 57701. Its coordinates are 43.990° N, 103.272° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Badlands National Park, about 75 km away.
What animals can you see at Reptile Gardens?
152 species
Citizen-science photos record 152 species at Reptile Gardens, including American Alligator, Green Anole, African Spurred Tortoise, Bald Eagle and Komodo Dragon. 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 Reptile Gardens in the wild?
American Alligator: Big Cypress National Preserve
Some of the animals photographed at Reptile Gardens also live in the parks and cities we cover: American Alligator (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Big Cypress National Preserve), Green Anole (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Congaree National Park) and Bald Eagle (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Great Bear Rainforest).
Does Reptile Gardens charge an entrance fee?
Yes, it is paid
The open map data for Reptile Gardens 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 Reptile Gardens open and how big is it?
Opened 1937, 6.0 ha
Reptile Gardens, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1937 and covers about 6.0 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 152 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)