Philadelphia Zoo
The Philadelphia Zoo is a zoo located in the Centennial District of Philadelphia on the west bank of the Schuylkill River. It was the first true zoo in the United States; it was chartered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on March 21, 1859, but its opening was delayed by the Civil War until July 1, 1874.- Zoo
- …lies at an elevation of around 70 feet (20 metres)
- …is wheelchair accessible
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Philadelphia Museum of Art and Letitia Street House.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum…
1 mile southeast of Philadelphia Zoo
Letitia Street House
Letitia Street House is a modest eighteenth-century house in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
1,400 feet north of Philadelphia Zoo
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belmont District, Pennsylvania and Mantua.
Belmont District, Pennsylvania
Belmont District was a district that existed briefly…
Mantua
Mantua is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Fairmount
Fairmount is a neighborhood within Lower North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Philadelphia Zoo
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Latitude
39.97171° or 39° 58′ 18″ north
Longitude
-75.19533° or 75° 11′ 43″ west
Open location code
87F6XRC3+MV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = zoo
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Spanish—“Philadelphia Zoo” goes by many names.
Filadelfia BestoĝardenoEsperanto
باغوحش فیلادلفیاPersian
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