Zoo · Norristown, Montgomery County
Elmwood Park Zoo
Hand-feed giraffes, come face to face with jaguars and zip-line through the treetops above bison and elk at this friendly mid-sized zoo.
Make a day of it
Nearby
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Norristown Farm Park
Crops still grow on land farmed since the 1700s, and paved paths loop past fields, old stone farmhouses and barns, woodlots and a trout nursery along Stony Creek.
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Valley Forge National Historical Park
Where Washington's Continental Army camped through the winter of 1777-78: rolling fields, rebuilt huts, his headquarters and miles of trails.
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John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove
The first American home of John James Audubon, now a museum of his bird art set amid woods, meadows and trails along Perkiomen Creek that are rich in birdlife.
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Evansburg State Park
A meandering creek has carved wooded ridges and ravines into this green island in the suburbs, with a 1792 stone-arch bridge at its edge and trails for hikers, riders and mountain bikers.
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Henry Foundation for Botanical Research
A rocky hillside garden of native plants gathered by botanist Mary Gibson Henry on her collecting expeditions, many of them through the Southeast, and kept as a living research collection.
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Stoneleigh: A Natural Garden
Replanted with native species, the gardens of this former Main Line estate, now run by the conservation group Natural Lands, spread among old trees, lawns, meadows and woodland.
