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Sierra Safari Zoo

Q: Where is Sierra Safari Zoo?

United States. Sierra Safari Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, at 10200 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89506. Its coordinates are 39.623° N, 119.909° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Yosemite National Park, about 199 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Sierra Safari Zoo?

6 species. Citizen-science photos record 6 species at Sierra Safari Zoo, including California Ground Squirrel, Agassiz’s Desert Tortoise, Tiger, Cheetah and Jaguar. 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 Sierra Safari Zoo in the wild?

California Ground Squirrel: Yosemite National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Sierra Safari Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: California Ground Squirrel (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Yosemite National Park), Agassiz’s Desert Tortoise (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Joshua Tree National Park) and Tiger (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Bandhavgarh National Park).

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

Opened 1989, 1.6 ha. Sierra Safari Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1989 and covers about 1.6 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 6 species are photographed there.

🇺🇸 United States

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 6 spp. present

The Sierra Nevada Zoological Park, formerly the Sierra Safari Zoo, was a zoo north of Reno, Nevada, United States. Opening in 1989, it grew to become the zoo that housed more exotics in the state. The zoo housed a wide variety of exotic animals from around the world, including chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, big cats, reptiles, sloths, and others. The nonprofit zoo at times has received community support through in-kind donations such as meat from hunters to help support the animals in the zoo. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

39.623° N 119.909° W

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Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

Medium

Species present

species

Opened

1989

Size

Small

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Getting there

Address: 10200 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89506

What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

Otospermophilus beecheyi

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Yosemite National Park+ 4 more parks

Gopherus agassizii

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Joshua Tree National Park+ 1 more park · Nearby records

Panthera tigris

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Bandhavgarh National Park+ 13 more parks · Nearby records

Acinonyx jubatus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Serengeti National Park+ 20 more parks · Nearby records

Panthera onca

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas+ 12 more parks · Nearby records

Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

in Santa Rosa National Park+ 2 more parks · Nearby records

Before you go

Where is Sierra Safari Zoo?

United States

Sierra Safari Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, at 10200 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89506. Its coordinates are 39.623° N, 119.909° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Yosemite National Park, about 199 km away.

What animals can you see at Sierra Safari Zoo?

6 species

Citizen-science photos record 6 species at Sierra Safari Zoo, including California Ground Squirrel, Agassiz’s Desert Tortoise, Tiger, Cheetah and Jaguar. 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 Sierra Safari Zoo in the wild?

California Ground Squirrel: Yosemite National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Sierra Safari Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: California Ground Squirrel (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Yosemite National Park), Agassiz’s Desert Tortoise (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Joshua Tree National Park) and Tiger (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Bandhavgarh National Park).

When did Sierra Safari Zoo open and how big is it?

Opened 1989, 1.6 ha

Sierra Safari Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1989 and covers about 1.6 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 6 species are photographed there.