🦁 Zoos, aquariums and nature centers in Baltimore
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Zoos and animal parks
- The Maryland Zoo in Baltimoremarylandzoo.org
Druid Hill Park, Baltimore · A nonprofit AZA-accredited zoo whose African Watering Hole habitat shows rhinos, ostriches and zebras together.
Nature centers, wildlife refuges and raptor centers
- Cromwell Valley Parkcromwellvalleypark.org
Parkville · A county park with hiking trails and the Willow Grove Nature Education Center, which runs nature programs and habitat restoration days.
- Cylburn Arboretumcylburn.org
Baltimore · A city arboretum with gardens where visitors can spot insects such as the native Carolina mantis in autumn.
- Howard County Conservancyhowardnature.orgFree
Woodstock · A 232-acre farmstead with five miles of free trails plus environmental education programs for families and classes.
- Irvine Nature Centerexplorenature.org
Owings Mills · A 211-acre campus of meadows, wetlands and forest with eight miles of trails and an aviary of resident birds.