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Louisville Zoo

The Louisville Zoological Gardens, commonly known as the Louisville Zoo, is a 134-acre zoo in Louisville, , situated in the city's Poplar Level neighborhood.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Butterfly gardening and Mega Cavern.

Nature reserve
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is a way to create, improve, and maintain habitat for lepidopterans including butterflies, skippers, and moths. Butterflies have four distinct life stages—egg, larva, chrysalis, and adult.

The is a former limestone mine in . It stretches under parts of the Watterson Expressway and the Louisville Zoo. Due to the mine's support structures, it is classified as a and is the largest building in Kentucky. is situated 1,500 feet south of Louisville Zoo.

Park
is a municipal park in , United States. Located in the Poplar Level neighborhood, it is in roughly the central portion of the city. is situated 1,900 feet north of Louisville Zoo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camp Taylor and Audubon Park.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood and former military base six miles southeast of downtown , United States. First announced on June 11, 1917, it was originally a military camp named for former president Zachary Taylor.

Village
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is a home rule-class city in central , , United States. The population was 1,433 as of the 2020 census, down from 1,473 at the 2010 census.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood five miles southeast of downtown , , U.S. Its boundaries are Preston Highway, Interstate 65, Interstate 264 and the Norfolk Southern Railway tracks.

Louisville Zoo

Latitude
38.20537° or 38° 12′ 19″ north
Longitude
-85.70568° or 85° 42′ 21″ west
Open location code
86CP674V+4P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24050556
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­zoo
Wiki­data ID
Q3576024
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Satellite Map

Discover Louisville Zoo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Navajo—“Louisville Zoo” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “路易斯維爾動物園”
  • Chinese: “路易斯维尔动物园”
  • Dutch: “Louisville Zoo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات لويزفيل”
  • French: “zoo de Louisville”
  • French: “Zoo de Louisville”
  • German: “Louisville Zoological Garden”
  • Italian: “zoo di Louisville”
  • Italian: “Zoo di Louisville”
  • Navajo: “Chéłgaidahiilínídi naaldeehii danílʼį́ bił hazʼání”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ring-Tailed Lemur and Rhinoceros Area.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Gift Shop (West) and Ticket Office and Gift Shop.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Louisville Zoo”. Photo: BlueShirtz, CC BY-SA 4.0.