Blank Park Zoo
Blank Park Zoo is a 49-acre zoological park on the south side of Des Moines, Iowa, United States, near historic Fort Des Moines. The zoo is a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.Photo: Fuzzynerd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School and Southridge Mall.
Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School was a military base and training facility on the south side of Des Moines, Iowa. Established in 1901, the base trained African American officers for the U.S. Army during World War I and was where women first began training for US Army service in 1942 as part of the Women's Army Corps. Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School is situated 3,600 feet northeast of Blank Park Zoo.
Southridge Mall
Commercial area
Southridge Mall is an open-air shopping center on the south side of Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It attracts roughly 300 visitors per year, with a primary trade area consisting of most of the city of Des Moines and areas to its south and east. Southridge Mall is situated 1¼ miles east of Blank Park Zoo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norwalk and Des Moines.
Norwalk
Town
Norwalk is a city in Warren County, with some small portions extending into Polk County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 12,799 at the time of the 2020 census. Norwalk is situated 4 miles southwest of Blank Park Zoo.
Des Moines
Photo: Stephen Matthew Milligan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Des Moines, capital of Iowa, is in the western region of the American Midwest. Des Moines is the largest city in Iowa and the annual site of the Iowa State Fair.
Downtown Des Moines
Neighborhood
Photo: BarbaraLN, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Downtown Des Moines is the central business district of Des Moines, Iowa and the Greater Des Moines Metropolitan Area. Downtown Des Moines is defined by the City of Des Moines as located between the Des Moines River to the east, the Raccoon River to the south, Center Street to the north, and 18th and 15th Streets to the west. Downtown Des Moines is situated 4½ miles north of Blank Park Zoo.
Blank Park Zoo
- Type: zoo
- Description: non-profit organization in the USA
- Category: nonprofit organization
- Location: Bloomfield Township, Polk, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Navajo—“Blank Park Zoo” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات بلانك بارك”
- Navajo: “Haltsotah Ałhidiilíiniidi naaldeehii danílʼį́ bił hazʼání”
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