Milwaukee County Zoo

The Milwaukee County Zoo is a zoo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that is operated by the , covering an area of 190 acres. The zoo averages about 1.3 million visitors a year and houses 3,100 animals from 350 species.
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  • Type: Zoo
  • Description: zoo in the United States
  • Address: 10001 West Bluemound Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cannon Park and Froedtert Hospital.

Park
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Hospital
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, located in , is a teaching hospital and a Level I adult trauma center, one of two such facilities in Wisconsin. is situated 1 mile northeast of Milwaukee County Zoo.

Hospital
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Children's Wisconsin is a nationally ranked, freestanding, 298-bed, pediatric acute care children's hospital located in , . It is affiliated with the and is a member of the Children's Wisconsin health system, one of two of the children's hospitals in the system. is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Milwaukee County Zoo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zoo Interchange and West Allis.

Locality
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The is a freeway interchange on the west side of Wisconsin, United States. It forms the junction of Interstate 94, I-894, I-41, US Highway 41 and US 45.

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is a city in , United States. A suburb of , it is part of the . The population was 60,325 at the 2020 census, making it the eleventh-most populous city in Wisconsin.

Neighborhood
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The is a one-block neighborhood of historic homes built from about 1857 to 1920. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. is situated 2 miles northeast of Milwaukee County Zoo.

Milwaukee County Zoo

Latitude
43.03123° or 43° 1′ 52″ north
Longitude
-88.0403° or 88° 2′ 25″ west
Inception
1961
Operator
Milwaukee County Park Commission
Open location code
86MH2XJ5+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 52040959
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­zoo
Wiki­data ID
Q11781326
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Polish—“Milwaukee County Zoo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حديقة حيوان مقاطعة ميلواكي”
  • Chinese: “密爾沃基縣動物園”
  • Chinese: “密爾瓦基县動物園”
  • Chinese: “密爾瓦基縣動物園”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات مقاطعة ميلواكى”
  • French: “zoo de Milwaukee”
  • French: “Zoo de Milwaukee”
  • German: “Milwaukee County Zoo”
  • Italian: “zoo di Milwaukee”
  • Japanese: “ミルウォーキーカントリー動物園”
  • Japanese: “ミルウォーキー動物園”
  • Navajo: “Tábąąhkin Haalʼáhídi naaldeehii danílʼį́ bił hazʼání”
  • Polish: “Milwaukee County Zoo”

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Highlights include Dohmen Family Foundation Hippo Haven and Snow Leopard.

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