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Oregon Zoo

Address: 4001 S.W. Canyon Rd., Washington Park, Portland, OR, 97221 | Map It
Phone: 503/226-1561
www.oregonzoo.org

Category: Zoos/Aquariums
Location: Washington Park

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Fodor's Review:

This beautiful animal park in the West Hills is famous for its Asian elephants. Major exhibits include an African section with rhinos, hippos, zebras, and giraffes. Steller Cove, a state-of-the-art aquatic exhibit, has two Steller sea lions and a family of sea otters. Other exhibits include polar bears, chimpanzees, an Alaska Tundra exhibit with wolves and grizzly bears, a penguinarium, and habitats for beavers, otters, and reptiles native to the west side of the Cascade Range. In summer a 4-mi round-trip narrow-gauge train operates from the zoo, chugging through the woods to a station near the International Rose Test Garden and the Japanese Garden. Take the MAX light rail to the Washington Park station.

Cost: $9.75, $2 2nd Tues. of month
Open: Mid-Apr.-mid-Sept., daily 9-6; mid-Sept.-mid Apr., daily 9-4

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