Louisville Zoo

A 134-acre zoo where you see polar bears, gorillas, orangutans and snow leopards across themed zones from Africa to the arctic.

1100 Trevilian Way · Louisville, KY

About Louisville Zoo

The Louisville Zoo is a 134-acre zoo in the Poplar Level neighborhood, known as the State Zoo of Kentucky. You walk through zones such as Africa, Australia, the Islands and Glacier Run, an arctic gold-mining town where you watch polar and grizzly bears, seals and sea lions. The HerpAquarium holds piranhas, vampire bats and King Louie, a white-scaled American alligator. Families can cool off at the Zoo Splash Park and play at the Billabong Playabout.

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The closest stops to Louisville Zoo, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

Attractions
Quirky Fun
Louisville Mega Cavern
Under $25
A former limestone mine under Louisville where you ride a guided tram, zip line or climb a ropes course entirely underground.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Attractions
Family Favorite
Kentucky Kingdom
$25–$50
Louisville theme park with six coasters and the Hurricane Bay water park on one ticket, open select days May to early January.
2.4 mi awayMore like this
Sports & Outdoors
Local Gem
Cherokee Park
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Walk, run or bike the 2.4-mile Scenic Loop through Frederick Law Olmsted's rolling meadows and woods along Beargrass Creek in Louisville's Highlands.
2.5 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Sightseeing
Cave Hill National Cemetery
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A Civil War-era veterans' cemetery in the northwest corner of the larger Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.
Transit: reachable by public transit
3.1 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
Museums
Rainy-Day Pick
Speed Art Museum
$25–$50
See art from antiquity to the present, including works by Rembrandt, Rubens and Monet, at a Louisville museum founded in 1927.
Transit: reachable by public transit
3.1 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Attractions
Family Favorite
Marengo Cave
Under $25
Take a guided walking tour past flowstone, soda straws and stalagmites in a southern Indiana show cave open since 1883.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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