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The Los Angeles Zoo is located in Griffith Park and offers a range of experiences for animal lovers. Find out how to buy tickets, reserve a field trip, join or renew membership, and more.
Griffith Park Zoo was located in a canyon near Bee Rock. Wolves, monkeys, bobcats, deer and others were housed in rudimentary cages and enclosures, the bears in hillside caves. Larger animals were confined in jerry-rigged corrals.
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If you have ever been to Griffith Park before (not the observatory but the merry-go-round and horse areas), then you have been close to the old LA Zoo. Located right off the 5 Freeway, you will want to enter the Griffith Park area (free) and proceed to the parking lot for the merry-go-round. Way 1 If you proceed past the merry-go-round, till the pa...
The large animal exhibits are my favorite part of the zoo as they are well maintained and fun to explore. You can walk into them and look up through the locked gates in the back. The below photo was taken through the locked gate. This is also where the bear scene from Anchorman was filmed, and it is just a lot of fun to walk around in these areas. ...
While not as exciting as the large animal exhibits, it is still a lot of fun to explore these as well. I imagine these were the exhibits they were referring to when it said they shut down the Zoo for no longer being safe for the animals. The cages are quite small, but there is a lot of them, so they must have housed a decent amount of animals back ...
Explore the remains of the original Los Angeles Zoo that was left behind when the zoo moved to a new location. See the large and small animal exhibits, the house, and the picnic areas in this unique spot in Griffith Park.
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Apr 13, 2015 · The Old Zoo at Griffith Park was seemingly designed to send someone like me into a full blown panic. Its remains hug the hillside of a sunny canyon about two miles down Crystal Springs Road from the current Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens.
August 1966. Location. Los Angeles, California. Griffith Park Zoo, referred to today as the Old Los Angeles Zoo, was a city-owned zoo in Los Angeles, California, that opened in 1912 and closed in 1966 with the opening of the new Los Angeles Zoo.
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$28 per person. 1 hour Up to 10 people Holllywood, Los Angeles, California. What We’ll Do. Roam the grounds and explore the abandoned animal haunts of the Old Zoo at Griffith Park, which...
Sep 19, 2023 · Unearth the mystery of Griffith Park's abandoned zoo. From its bustling days to its current tranquil allure—experience LA's hidden gem. Xavier Johnson. 2 min read. September 19, 2023. Nestled in the heart of the bustling metropolis of Los Angeles lies a relic of the past, a forgotten gem with tales to tell: the Old Los Angeles Zoo.
