The largest and best animal park of its type in the state, Hogle Zoo contains more than 1,100 animals representing more than 20 species. Tropical birds fly freely around a solarium filled with exotic plants.

Most children eventually con their parents into taking them for a ride on a replica of an 1869 steam train. Hogle Zoo has an aggressive outreach program that extends o more than 20,000 students and adults annually throughout the state.