Fort Worth Zoo
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🦒 Zoo · Fort Worth
4 hours · $$ · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 60 min driveFrom Plano · Parking: Zoo lot about $5/car
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days · Fine on cold days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 4 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Fall · Winter
Consistently ranked among the top zoos in the country: new elephant and rhino habitats, a giraffe feeding platform, native animals and an old-time town in Texas Wild!, plus a train and a carousel on the grounds — worth the hour's drive for a full day.
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