Rio Grande Zoo Penny Smasher (near camel rides)
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ganurse
N 35° 04.682 W 106° 39.768
13S E 348403 N 3882961
This Penny Smasher is located centrally in the zoo, just past the pond and band stand and right next to the camel rides. Look for the seal lion display and roaming peacocks.
Waymark Code: WM3G9R
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 04/02/2008
Views: 19
Founded in 1927, the 64-acre Rio Grande Zoo offers visitors close encounters with more than 250 species of exotic and native animals. Popular species include seals and sea lions, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, elephants, polar bears, giraffes, hippos, camels, tamarins, koalas, Mexican wolves, mountain lions, monkeys, jaguars, zebras and rhinoceros. State-of-the-art exhibit design and eye-pleasing landscaping enhance zoo animal husbandry by creating naturalistic habitats with trees, grasses, water features and rockwork. Walking distance through the zoo is about 2.25 miles. The Rio Grande Zoo is a facility of the Albuquerque Biological Park.
LOCATION: 903 Tenth Street SW, south of Lead and Coal and north of Bridge Blvd.
HOURS OF OPERATION: Hours of Operation
Summer schedule:
9am - 5pm weekdays
9am to 6pm Saturdays and Sundays May 31 through August 31
(also open until 6:00pm on Labor Day, September 1)
Winter schedule:
9am - 5pm every day of the week, September 4-May 25
Closed January 1, Thanksgiving Day and December 25.
ADMISSION PRICES: Zoo only
$7 for Adults 13 - 64 years
$3 for Seniors 65 and older
$3 for Children 3 - 12 years
For more information: (
visit link)
*** UPDATE *** This penny smasher offers different designs of the penny smasher located at the front of the park near the gift shop.