Zoo Miami
The Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens, also known as Zoo Miami, is a zoological park and garden near Miami, and the largest and oldest zoological garden in Florida. Originally established in 1948 at Crandon Park in Key
| Address 12400 SW 152nd St, Miami, FL 33177, USA |
| Contacts zoodonationrequests@miamidade.gov (305) 255-5551 |
Basic Info
| Annual visitors 1+ million |
| Date opened 1948; 77 years ago (1948) (Crandon Park Zoo), July 4, 1980; 44 years ago (1980-07-04) (Miami MetroZoo) |
| Location Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States |
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Our mission
Share the wonder of wildlife and help conserve it for generations to come.
The history of the zoo
can be traced back to 1948, with what was then known as the Crandon Park Zoo on the island of Key Biscayne, just off the coast of downtown Miami. At that time, the zoo occupied 48 acres of the park and its first animals included some lions, an elephant and a rhinoceros that had been stranded when a circus went out of business in Miami.
Zoo Miami today
occupies almost 750 acres, 4 miles of walkways, and is home to more than 2,500 animals representing over 400 different species. Of this population, more than 130 species are at risk in the wild; many classified as endangered or critically endangered. The zoo also houses more than 1,000 species of trees,
Zoo Miami (also known as The Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens)
is the largest zoo in Florida and the fifth largest in the United States. As the only sub-tropical zoo in the continental U.S., the unique climate in South Florida allows us to care for a wide variety of animals from Asia, Australia, Africa, and the Americas representing a broad mix of species that is unlike any other zoo in the country.
