Houston Zoo
The Houston Zoo is a 55-acre zoological park located within Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States. The zoo houses over 6,000 animals from more than 900 species.Photo: Cburnett, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Email: communications@houstonzoo.org
- Type: Zoo
- Description: non-profit organization in the USA
- Address: 6200 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX 77030
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Baylor College of Medicine and Ben Taub Hospital.
Baylor College of Medicine
College
The Baylor College of Medicine is a private medical school in Houston, Texas, United States. The school was originally a college of Baylor University and was known as the Baylor University College of Medicine, but it separated from Baylor in 1969 and became an independent institution. Baylor College of Medicine is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Houston Zoo.
Ben Taub Hospital
Hospital
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Ben Taub Hospital is a public hospital located in Houston, Texas within the Texas Medical Center. Having opened in May 1963, the hospital is owned and operated by the Harris Health System and is staffed by the faculty, residents, and students from Baylor College of Medicine. Ben Taub Hospital is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Houston Zoo.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Hospital
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is a comprehensive cancer center and autonomous university of the University of Texas System in Houston, Texas. MD Anderson Cancer Center is situated 2,700 feet southwest of Houston Zoo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Texas Medical Center and Houston Museum District.
Texas Medical Center
Suburb
The Texas Medical Center is a neighborhood in south-central Houston, Texas, United States. It is immediately south of the Museum District and west of Texas State Highway 288.
Houston Museum District
Suburb
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The Houston Museum District is an association of 21 museums, cultural centers and community organizations located in Houston, Texas, dedicated to promoting art, science, history, and culture.
Central City
Neighborhood
Central City is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States. In 2009, residents of Central City supported a bill by Garnet Coleman that would limit the ability of Texas Medical Center, Inc. to exercise its eminent domain rights on residential property.
Houston Zoo
- Categories: nonprofit organization, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.71337° or 29° 42′ 48″ northLongitude
-95.3919° or 95° 23′ 31″ westElevation
59 feet (18 metres)Open location code
76X6PJ75+86OpenStreetMap ID
way 51816626OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zoo
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Houston Zoo” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “休斯敦動物園”
- Dutch: “Houston Zoo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات هيوستن”
- French: “zoo de Houston”
- French: “Zoo de Houston”
- German: “Houston Zoo”
- Japanese: “ヒューストン動物園”
- Persian: “باغ وحش هیوستون”
- Persian: “باغوحش هیوستون”
- Polish: “Ogród zoologiczny w Houston”
- Russian: “Зоопарк Хьюстона”
- Russian: “Хьюстонский зоопарк”
- Serbian: “Зоолошки врт у Хјустону”
- Spanish: “Zoologico de Houston”
- Spanish: “Zoológico de Houston”
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