Balboa Park and the San Diego Zoo - San Diego, CA
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N 32° 44.115 W 117° 08.943
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The San Diego Zoo and Balboa Park are both in the US edition of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die.
Waymark Code: WM89N5
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/22/2010
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The San Diego Zoo is located in Balboa Park. The zoo has about 4,000 animals of more than 800 species. The zoo one of the few zoos in the world that houses the giant panda. The Zoo sits on 107 acres (0.43 km2) of parkland.
Some of the highlights are the giants pandas, the koalas and the elephants.
Balboa Park is one of the oldest parks in the United States. The park houses many cultural places of interest, like: the San Diego Museum of Man, the San Diego Museum of Art, the Museum of Photographic Arts, the San Diego Art Institute the San Diego Model Railroad Museum, the Natural History Museum, the San Diego Historical Society, the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, and the Timken Museum of Art.
There are also gardens within the park, like the Japanese Garden.
Name of Source Book: 1,000 Places to See in the U.S.A. & Canada Before You Die
Page Location in Source Book: 842-843
Type of Waymark: Site
Location of Coordinates: In front of zoo entrance
Cost of Admission (Parks, Museums, etc.): 37.00 (listed in local currency)
List Available Hours, Dates, Season:
Zoo Hours: Spring Break Hours (March 27–April 11):
9 a.m.–7 p.m.
Spring Hours (April 12–June 25):
9 a.m.–6 p.m.
Summer Hours (June 26–September 6):
9 a.m.–9 p.m.
Fall Hours (September 7–October 3*):
9 a.m.–6 p.m.
*September 25 only: 9 a.m.–5
Official Tourism Website: [Web Link]
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