🦁 Zoos, aquariums and nature centers in Colorado Springs
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Zoos and animal parks
- Cheyenne Mountain Zoocmzoo.org
Colorado Springs · A mountainside zoo where visitors can feed giraffes and see how the zoo cares for them.
- Pueblo Zoopueblozoo.org
Pueblo · A small AZA-accredited zoo with more than 400 animals of 140 species.
Nature centers, wildlife refuges and raptor centers
- Cheyenne Mountain State Parkcpw.state.co.us
Colorado Springs · A state park where deer, black bears and bobcats live, and children can watch wildlife through binoculars.
- Garden of the Gods Visitor & Nature Centergardenofgods.comFree
Colorado Springs · A city park of red rock formations, with a nature center that runs talks such as one on owls.
Natural history museums
- Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Centerrmdrc.com
Woodland Park · A fossil museum where visitors can watch a working lab prepare Cretaceous specimens.