John Ball Zoological Garden - Grand Rapids Zoo

John Ball Zoo is a year round facility with a year round collection.... more on MuseumStuff.com

Who was John Ball? John Ball was quite a guy! Born in 1794 in New Hampshire, he was a teacher, a lawyer, a realtor, an explorer, an adventurer, a legislator, and the man who gave the original 40 acres to create John Ball Park. John Ball had many adventures... more on Accesskent.com

Located in a beautiful 110 acre park, this zoo contains over 1,000 animals as well as an... more on Tripwiser.com

4.0	Nice little zoo (May 29, 2007) What a nice little zoo-well, not that little, but very easy to cover in a short... tymetraveler222 , a user of Tripadvisor, Read full review on TripAdvisor
5.0	A zoo on it's way up. (May 16 '05) I grown up going to JBZ. I'm a member, a sponsor of their wallabies and I voluteered there last summer and planto this year if I can as well. JBZ is not a large or fancy zoo, but it is great... shadow822 , a user of epinions.com, Read full review on Epinions.com
3.0	Tom S. 's review John Ball Zoo is a nice zoo for its size. There is a decent selection... a user of yelp.com, Read full review on Yelp
4.0	Visit Often (09/20/06) This is a medium sized zoo, but it has a lot ot offer. They have... By jdwagner75@sbcglobal.net from Flint, MI , a user of Yahoo! Travel, Read full review on Yahoo! Travel
2.0	Adequate for a small town, not big enough for Grand Rapids (Feb 25 '05) I grew up in Ohio and the Columbus Zoo was my "hometown"... starrieyed , a user of epinions.com, Read full review on Epinions.com
5.0	GREAT CHANGES HAVE TAKEN PLACE (07/30/06) THE ZOO HAS MADE GREAT STRIVES AND ADDED SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS LIKE THE... By bjjj1997 from GRAND RAPIDS, MI , a user of Yahoo! Travel, Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

The Zoo is conveniently located at the corner of Fulton and Valley (1300 W. Fulton) just west of downtown Grand Rapids. The Zoo is two miles west of downtown Grand Rapids and there is easy access from the I-196 expressway. From 196 east take Lake Michigan

The Zoo is open every day except Christmas! *Mid-May through Labor Day open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (* The Saturday after Mother's Day) The rest of the year open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Admission : Regular Rates Group Rates (for groups of 25 or more) Children under 3 FREE FREE Children 4-13 $4.00 $3.50 Adults 14-62 $6.00 $5.50 Seniors 63 and older $4.50 $4.00
Educational Program: http://www.accesskent.com/CultureLeisureAndTransit/Zoo/zoo_edu.htm

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