🦁 Zoos near Townsend, TN
3 locations across nearby cities
- Locations
- 3
- Cities
- 3
- Avg Rating
- 4.5
💡 Fun Facts About Zoos near Townsend
- Mitchell's Petting Zoo & Exotics: Mitchell's Petting Zoo features a capybara encounter experience that is prominently mentioned across reviews as a major attraction, with visitors specifically traveling to the zoo for this unique hands-on capybara interaction
- Mitchell's Petting Zoo & Exotics: The zoo maintains a diverse exotic animal collection including camels, zebras (including a baby zebra), yaks, kangaroos, prairie dogs, and various farm animals, allowing visitors to feed and pet animals across multiple species
- Mitchell's Petting Zoo & Exotics: The facility is designed with accessibility considerations, allowing visitors with mobility challenges to access most animals in the barn area without climbing the steep hill, with a level gravel and concrete path from the parking lot
- Mitchell's Petting Zoo & Exotics: Mitchell's Petting Zoo operates as an interactive, non-commercial alternative to traditional zoos where visitors can get up close to animals, feed them, and pet them directly rather than viewing from a distance
- Cherokee Bear Zoo: Animal Farm Petting Zoo is part of a rescue shelter operation, combining animal sanctuary with educational entertainment for families