Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium
The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium is a 202-acre zoo founded in 1909 and is located in Swope Park at 6800 Zoo Drive, Kansas City, Missouri, in the United States.Photo: Nightryder84, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: zoo in Kansas City, Missouri
- Also known as: “Kansas City Zoo” and “Kansas City Zoological Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Starlight Theatre and Swope Park.
Starlight Theatre
Theater building
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Starlight Theatre is a 7,739-seat outdoor theater in Kansas City, Missouri, United States that presents Broadway shows and concerts. It is one of the two major remaining self-producing outdoor theatres in the U.S. and Starlight's Cohen stagehouse also permits it to present many national Broadway touring shows.
Swope Park
Park
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Swope Park is the largest municipal park in Kansas City, Missouri, and is considered the "crown jewel" of the city's historic Parks and Boulevards system.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brookside and Raytown.
Brookside
Neighborhood
Brookside is a collection of neighborhoods located in Kansas City, Missouri, bounded by 55th Street on the North, Gregory on the South, Ward Parkway on the West, and Troost on the East. Brookside is situated 3½ miles west of Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium.
Raytown
Town
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Raytown is a city in Jackson County, Missouri, United States, and is a suburb of Kansas City. The population was at 30,012 in 2020 census. The current mayor of Raytown is Michael McDonough. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Raytown is situated 3½ miles east of Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium.
Leeds
Hamlet
Leeds is a neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, United States. A post office called Leeds was established in 1890, and remained in operation until 1929. Leeds is situated 3½ miles north of Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium.
Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium
- Category: zoo
- Location: Jackson County, Missouri, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Persian—“Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kansas City Zoo”
- Chinese: “堪萨斯市动物园”
- Chinese: “堪薩斯市動物園”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات مدينه كانساس”
- German: “Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium”
- Japanese: “カンザスシティ動物園”
- Navajo: “Ahidiilį́įgi Kin Haalʼáadi naaldeehii danílʼį́ bił hazʼání”
- Persian: “باغ وحش کانزاس سیتی”
- Persian: “باغوحش کانزاس سیتی”
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