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Baltimore Zoo (Maryland Zoo)
Druid Hill Park Baltimore, MD
21217410-366-LION
www.marylandzoo.org
The Maryland Zoo
(formerly The Baltimore Zoo) is home to over 2,000 animals. It is the
third oldest zoological park in the United States, having opened in
1876. Renovation projects in the 1990s, expended and modernized the
facility. The zoo is divided into three regions; Polar Bear Watch,
home to famous polar bears Magnet and Alaska, as well as Ravens,
Snowy Owls, and Arctic Foxes; Children's Zoo where visitors can
watch otters swim over their heads, jump on lily pads, explore a cave,
or climb into giant bird nests. In the farmyard, a variety of rare
domestic breeds can be touched and African Journey the largest
area of the zoo, which displays elephants, white rhinoceros, giraffes,
zebras, and antelope, as well as the three African big cats.
Hours: Sunday -
Thursday - 10:00AM - 4:30PM,
Friday & Saturday: March -
June: 10:00AM - 4:30PM, Memorial Day - Labor Day: 10:00AM - 6:00PM,
September - December: 10:00AM - 4:30PM,
CLOSED: Thanksgiving,
December 25, January & February and the second Friday in June.
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