San Diego Zoo

The San Diego Zoo is a zoo in , California, United States, located in Balboa Park. It began with a collection of animals left over from the 1915 Panama–California Exposition that were brought together by its founder, Dr.
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  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM—9:00 PM
  • Type: Zoo
  • Description: zoo in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, United States
  • Address: 2920 Zoo Drive, San Diego, CA 92101
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include San Diego Museum of Art and Timken Museum of Art.

Museum
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The is a fine art museum in Balboa Park in , California, that houses a broad collection with particular strength in Spanish art. is situated 1,400 feet south of San Diego Zoo.

Museum
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The is a fine art museum in Balboa Park in , California, close to the San Diego Museum of Art. It was established in 1965. is situated 1,500 feet south of San Diego Zoo.

Garden
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The is a historic building in Balboa Park in , California. Built for the 1915–16 Panama–California Exposition, it remains one of the largest lath structures in the world. is situated 1,300 feet south of San Diego Zoo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bankers Hill and Balboa Park-Hillcrest.

Suburb
is a long-established uptown neighborhood near Balboa Park in , California. The area acquired the name "Bankers Hill" because of its reputation as a home for the affluent.

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's most beloved green space, Balboa Park is a massive urban park in the heart of the city just north of . Within the park's canyons and hills lie beautiful open spaces, lush gardens and vegetation, the renowned San Diego Zoo, the historic Old Globe Theatre, and numerous museums.

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is the thriving central business district of . A heavily gentrified area with plenty of tourist amenities, Downtown serves as a hub of business and entertainment, with plenty of restaurants, shops, and nightlife to take in, as well as a few attractions, including several museums and the home of the San Diego Padres baseball team.

San Diego Zoo

Latitude
32.73597° or 32° 44′ 10″ north
Longitude
-117.15071° or 117° 9′ 3″ west
Open location code
8544PRPX+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 31274621
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­zoo
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q818395
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“San Diego Zoo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حديقة حيوانات سان دييغو”
  • Bulgarian: “Зоологическа градина Сан Диего”
  • Bulgarian: “Зоопарк Сан Диего”
  • Catalan: “Parc Zoològic de San Diego”
  • Catalan: “Zoo de San Diego”
  • Cebuano: “San Diego Zoo”
  • Chinese: “圣迭戈动物园”
  • Chinese: “聖地亞哥動物園”
  • Czech: “Zoologická zahrada San Diego”
  • Dutch: “San Diego Zoo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات سان دييجو”
  • Esperanto: “Bestoĝardeno San Diego”
  • Esperanto: “Bestoĝardeno San-Diego”
  • Esperanto: “San Diego Zoo”
  • French: “zoo de San Diego”
  • French: “Zoo de San Diego”
  • German: “San Diego Zoo”
  • Greek: “Ζωολογικός κήπος του Σαν Ντιέγκο”
  • Gujarati: “સેન ડિએગો પ્રાણી સંગ્રહાલય”
  • Hebrew: “גן החיות של סן דייגו”
  • Hindi: “सैन डिएगो जू”
  • Hungarian: “San Diego Zoo”
  • Hungarian: “San Diegó-i Állatkert”
  • Indonesian: “Kebun Binatang San Diego (San Diego Zoo) dan CRES”
  • Indonesian: “Kebun Binatang San Diego”
  • Italian: “San Diego Zoo”
  • Italian: “zoo di San Diego”
  • Italian: “Zoo di San Diego”
  • Japanese: “サンディエゴ動物園”
  • Javanese: “Kebon Kéwan San Diego”
  • Javanese: “Kebon Raja San Diego”
  • Javanese: “Kebun Binatang San Diego”
  • Korean: “샌디에고 동물원”
  • Korean: “샌디에이고 동물원”
  • Navajo: “Tóbiníhííyínídi naaldeehii danílʼį́ bił hazʼání”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Diego Zoo”
  • Norwegian: “San Diego Zoo”
  • Persian: “باغ وحش سن دیگو”
  • Persian: “باغ‌وحش سن دیگو”
  • Polish: “San Diego Zoo”
  • Polish: “zoo w San Diego”
  • Portuguese: “Jardim zoológico de San Diego”
  • Portuguese: “Zoo de San Diego”
  • Portuguese: “Zoológico de San Diego”
  • Portuguese: “Zoológico de São Diego”
  • Romanian: “grădina zoologică din San Diego”
  • Russian: “Зоопарк Сан-Диего”
  • Slovenian: “San Diego Zoo”
  • Slovenian: “živalski vrt v San Diegu”
  • Spanish: “San Diego Zoo”
  • Spanish: “Sociedad Zoologica de San Diego”
  • Spanish: “Sociedad Zoológica de San Diego”
  • Spanish: “Zoo de San Diego”
  • Spanish: “Zoologico de San Diego”
  • Spanish: “Zoológico de San Diego”
  • Swedish: “San Diego Zoo”
  • Tamil: “சான் டியேகோ விலங்குக் காட்சிச்சாலை”
  • Turkish: “San Diego Hayvanat Bahçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “зоопарк Сан-Дієго”
  • Ukrainian: “Зоопарк Сан-Дієго”
  • Uzbek: “San Diego hayvonot bogʻi”
  • Vietnamese: “Sở thú San Diego”

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