Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (drive-through)
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🦒 Zoo · Glen Rose
4 hours · $$$ · Reservation required
- 🚗About 110 min driveFrom Plano · Parking: A drive-through, so your car is your seat; lots at the Overlook and the children's animal center
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Little shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days · Fine on cold days · Rain-OK
- ⏱️Typical visit: 4 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Fall · Winter
A 7-mile drive through an 1,800-acre preserve, where giraffes poke their heads in the car window to eat feed from your hand and zebras and antelope wander around the car while kids shriek from their car seats; the Overlook halfway through has a restaurant and a children's animal center.
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