Chances are, if you’re a Chicagoan, you’ve visited Lincoln Park Zoo. The zoo is located at 2001 N. Clark St. in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. The zoo was founded in 1868 and marks it’s 150th anniversary this year! It is one of the oldest zoos in the U.S. and one of the free admission zoos. It comprises 35 acres of land and houses approximately 1,100 animals.
Lincoln Park zoo is home to many types and species of animals, such as tigers, cougars, bears, polar bears, penguins and other birds, gorillas and other monkeys and reptiles. The zoo also contains a burr oak tree that dates back to 1830 (before the City of Chicago was founded in 1833). The first animals to live at the zoo in 1868 were four swans that were a gift from New York City. Many other animals soon followed.
Some of the zoo’s major exhibits are: Farm-in-the-Zoo, Kovler Sea Lion Pool, Kovler Lion House, Helen Brach Primate House, McCormick Bird House, Nature Boardwalk, Pritzker Family Children’s Zoo, Regenstein African Journey, Regenstein Center for African Apes and Regenstein Small Mammal Reptile House.
Lincoln Park Zoo also has a beautiful flower conservatory and nature center and you can also rent paddle boats to use on the Lincoln Park Lagoon. There also plenty of restaurants/cafes for refreshments. I always enjoy visiting Lincoln Park Zoo and know you will too. No Summer is complete without a visit to the zoo!
For more information on Lincoln Park Zoo visit their website at:
www.lpzoo.org
- Please Note – All photos (with the exception of the last one) are from Wikipedia. The last photo is of my Mom and myself in front of the flower conservatory. It was taken by my Dad.
The picture of you and your Mom is great. I have been to Lincoln Park Zoo but our class trips were mostly to Brookfield Zoo. Glad you are back.
Thanks Suzette! That’s interesting. For me it was the opposite. As a child I always went to Lincoln Park Zoo. I didn’t go to Brookfield Zoo until I was an adult and took David there.