Zoo
Santa Ana Zoo
🇺🇸 United States
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 27 spp. present
The Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park in Santa Ana, California, is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) zoo focusing on the animals and plants of Central and South America. The Santa Ana Zoo hosts more than 270,000 people annually. The zoo opened Saturday March 8, 1952 and is owned and operated by the City of Santa Ana. Joseph Prentice donated land for the zoo with the stipulation that the city must keep at least 50 monkeys at all times. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
33.743° N 117.843° W
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Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
High
Species present
27
speciesOpened
1952
Size
Medium
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 10:00–16:00
Getting there
- Address
- 1801 East Chestnut Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92701
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Santa Ana Zoo?
Los Angeles, United States
Santa Ana Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in Los Angeles, United States, at 1801 East Chestnut Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92701. Its coordinates are 33.743° N, 117.843° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Channel Islands National Park, about 180 km away.
What animals can you see at Santa Ana Zoo?
27 species
Citizen-science photos record 27 species at Santa Ana Zoo, including Scarlet Ibis, Dromedary Camel, Blue-and-yellow Macaw, Black Howler and White-faced Whistling Duck. 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 Santa Ana Zoo in the wild?
Scarlet Ibis: Caroni Swamp
Some of the animals photographed at Santa Ana 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), Dromedary Camel (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park) and Blue-and-yellow Macaw (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Emas National Park).
When is Santa Ana Zoo open?
Every day · 10:00–16:00
According to its open map listing, Santa Ana Zoo is open Every day · 10:00–16:00. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did Santa Ana Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1952, 8.0 ha
Santa Ana Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in Los Angeles, United States, opened in 1952 and covers about 8.0 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 27 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