Things to do / Travel Guide
Address:75 Gashes Creek Road
Asheville, North Carolina
Tel:
(828) 298-5600
Our Zoo and Aquarium Expert Says:
The Western North Carolina Nature Center supports both a standard zoo display of wild animals, and an educational farm with livestock and small animals. Among the animals in the former are bobcats, black bears, flying squirrels, bull frogs, vultures, and snapping turtles. The Educational Farm supports goats, chickens, donkeys, and the like.
Especially for kids: Petting Zoo.
Open 10 am to 5 pm. $ (Inexpensive)
From Western North Carolina Nature Center - Asheville, NC:
any long time Asheville residents have memories of the "old zoo", which had been here since the Great Depression. The old zoo housed exotic animals including elephants, lions, and monkeys. But because of financial hardships, the old zoo was forced to sell or give most of the animals to other zoos. Henrietta, the elephant, was cared for at the Center until the end of her life, and buried on the Center grounds. In May 1973 groundbreaking ceremonies were held for the new Children's Zoo and Nature Center.