Nashville Zoo at Grassmere

Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
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36°05′21.1″N 86°44′37.4″W / 36.089194°N 86.743722°W / 36.089194; -86.743722
Date opened1990, as Grassmere Wildlife Park[2]
Location3777 Nolensville Pike, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Land area188 acres (76 ha)[2][1]
No. of animals6,230[1]
No. of species339[1]
Annual visitors1.2 million[3]
MembershipsAssociation of Zoos and Aquariums[4][5]
DirectorButch Spyridon[6]
(Board chair)
Rick Schwartz[6]
(President and CEO)
Public transit accessNashville MTA logo Bus transport 52
Websitewww.nashvillezoo.org

The Nashville Zoo at Grassmere is a zoological garden and historic plantation farmhouse located 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Downtown Nashville. As of 2014, the zoo was middle Tennessee's top paid attraction and contained 3,736 individual animals, encompassing 352 species.[7] The zoo's site is approximately 188 acres (76 ha) in size and is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The zoo has around 1.2 million visitors a year.[3]

  1. ^ a b c Gang, Duane W. (July 6, 2014). "How long has the zoo been at Grassmere?". Vol. 110, no. 185. The Tennessean (Nashville). p. 8–A. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference zoo_about was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Rau, Nate. "Why the Nashville Zoo wants a city-funded parking garage". AXIOS Nashville.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference aza_list was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Association of Zoos and Aquariums/current accreditation". aza.org. AZA. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Nashville Zoo 2017 Annual Report" (PDF).
  7. ^ "2023 Annual Report" (PDF). assets.speakcdn.com. Nashville Zoo. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

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