Nashville Zoo at Grassmere information

Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
	36°05′21.1″N 86°44′37.4″W / 36.089194°N 86.743722°W
Date opened	1990, as Grassmere Wildlife Park
Location	3777 Nolensville Pike, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Land area	188 acres (76 ha)
No. of animals	6,230
No. of species	339
Annual visitors	1.2 million
Memberships	Association of Zoos and Aquariums
Director	Julie W. Walker; (Board chair); Rick Schwartz; (President and CEO)
Public transit access	52
Website	www.nashvillezoo.org

The Nashville Zoo at Grassmere is a zoological garden and historic plantation farmhouse located 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Downtown Nashville. As of 2014,^[update] the zoo was middle Tennessee's top paid attraction and contained 6,230 individual animals, encompassing 339 species. The zoo's site is approximately 188 acres (76 ha) in size and is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The zoo has around 1.2 million visitors a year.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c Gang, Duane W. (July 6, 2014). "How long has the zoo been at Grassmere?". Vol. 110, no. 185. The Tennessean (Nashville). p. 8–A. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference zoo_about was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Rau, Nate. "Why the Nashville Zoo wants a city-funded parking garage". AXIOS Nashville.
^ Cite error: The named reference aza_list was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Association of Zoos and Aquariums/current accreditation". aza.org. AZA. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Nashville Zoo 2017 Annual Report" (PDF).

[gang-article-1] Gang, Duane W. (July 6, 2014). "How long has the zoo been at Grassmere?". Vol. 110, no. 185. The Tennessean (Nashville). p. 8–A. Retrieved August 26, 2017.

[zoo_about-2] Cite error: The named reference zoo_about was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Rau-3] Rau, Nate. "Why the Nashville Zoo wants a city-funded parking garage". AXIOS Nashville.

[aza_list-4] Cite error: The named reference aza_list was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[aza-accreditaion-5] "Association of Zoos and Aquariums/current accreditation". aza.org. AZA. Retrieved August 26, 2017.

[report-6] "Nashville Zoo 2017 Annual Report" (PDF).

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36°05′21.1″N 86°44′37.4″W / 36.089194°N 86.743722°W / 36.089194; -86.743722
Date opened	1990, as Grassmere Wildlife Park^[2]
Location	3777 Nolensville Pike, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Land area	188 acres (76 ha)^[2]^[1]
No. of animals	6,230^[1]
No. of species	339^[1]
Annual visitors	1.2 million^[3]
Memberships	Association of Zoos and Aquariums^[4]^[5]
Director	Julie W. Walker^[6] (Board chair) Rick Schwartz^[6] (President and CEO)
Public transit access	52
Website	www.nashvillezoo.org