Buttonwood Park Zoo
The Buttonwood Park Zoo, located in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is a zoo located in the center of Buttonwood Park. Opened in 1894, it is the third-oldest zoo in New England and the 12th-oldest zoo in the United States.Photo: LGagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Luke’s Hospital and Rural Cemetery and Friends Cemetery.
St. Luke’s Hospital
Hospital
St. Luke's Hospital is a Massachusetts hospital located at 101 Page Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts. St. Luke’s Hospital is situated 4,200 feet east of Buttonwood Park Zoo.
Rural Cemetery and Friends Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rural Cemetery and Friends Cemetery are a pair of connected cemeteries at 149 Dartmouth Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts United States. They occupy an irregular parcel of land more than 90 acres in size on the west side of the city. Rural Cemetery and Friends Cemetery is situated 1 mile southeast of Buttonwood Park Zoo.
First Unitarian Church
Church
First Unitarian Church is situated 1¼ miles east of Buttonwood Park Zoo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Bedford and Bliss Corner.
New Bedford
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New Bedford is in Massachusetts on the southern coast. New Bedford's excellent harbor made it a natural fishing and whaling center. It was the world's premier whaling port in the 19th century, and, for a time, "the richest city in the world" and "the city that lit the world" because of whale oil production.
Bliss Corner
Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bliss Corner is a census-designated place in the town of Dartmouth in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bliss Corner had a population of 5,480.
Smith Mills
Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smith Mills is a census-designated place in the town of Dartmouth in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Smith Mills had a population of 4,832. Smith Mills is situated 2 miles west of Buttonwood Park Zoo.
Buttonwood Park Zoo
- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo in Massachusetts, United States
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.63018° or 41° 37′ 49″ northLongitude
-70.9529° or 70° 57′ 10″ westOpen location code
87HFJ2JW+3ROpenStreetMap ID
way 633742307OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zooWikidata ID
Q5003118
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In Other Languages
“Buttonwood Park Zoo” goes by many names.
- German: “Buttonwood Park Zoo”
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Highlights include Carousel and Buttonwood Park.
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