Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
| Nashville Zoo at Grassmere | |
|---|---|
| 36°05′21.1″N 86°44′37.4″W / 36.089194°N 86.743722°W | |
| Date opened | 1990, as Grassmere Wildlife Park |
| Location | 3777 Nolensville Pike, Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Land area | 188 acres (76 ha) |
| No. of animals | 6,230 |
| No. of species | 339 |
| Annual visitors | 1.2 million |
| Memberships | Association of Zoos and Aquariums |
| Director | Butch Spyridon (Board chair) Rick Schwartz (President and CEO) |
| Public transit access | 52 |
| Website | www |
The Nashville Zoo at Grassmere is a zoological garden and historic plantation farmhouse located 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Downtown Nashville. As of 2014, the zoo was middle Tennessee's top paid attraction and contained 3,736 individual animals, encompassing 352 species. The zoo's site is approximately 188 acres (76 ha) in size and is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The zoo has around 1.2 million visitors a year.