Calgary Zoo Commute
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Calgary Zoo, Botanical Garden & Prehistoric Park 1300 Zoo Road N.E. ± NW NE TRANS CENTRE ST CANADA BO W HWY RI VER MEMORIAL DR TR MACLEOD SW SE 2" Details: 1300 Zoo Road N.E. ! ! ! Phone: 1-800-588-9993 ! ! ! 1 www.calgaryzoo.org ! .1 ! ! ! DOWNTOWN ! ! ! ! ! Recommended mode: walking. ! ! ! 1.3 ! ! ! 2" ! ! ! ! Distance: ! ! 2" 2" 2" 2" 2" • 3 km from downtown 2" 2" 2" ! 2" 2" 2" 2" to the Zoo – one way. CALGARY ZOO Features/amenities: • Guided tours and interpretive workshops. • Children’s playground. • Gift shops and food kiosks. 2" • Train tour for children. Alternative access via transit: If you wish to do part of the trip by transit, you can also reach the Calgary Zoo by CTrain route 202. (Note: bicycles are restricted on Walk with the animals CTrains during peak hours. Contact Calgary Transit for details.) Description: Directions: Fees: The Calgary Zoo is Canada’s second largest zoo Start at the Eau Claire Trans Canada Trail Pavilion. • $7.50 – $16 depending on age. and is home to more than 1,000 animals. There are Travel east along the Bow River pathway (with • Children under three are free. nine destination areas including Africa, Eurasia, the Bow River on your left) and walk past two Australia and the Prehistoric Park. You can watch bridges. When you come to the third one – the Old Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. animals in the large realistic habitat spaces that Langevin Bridge – it’s time to cross the river. Once year-round. fill much of the Zoo’s 159 hectares. The Zoo is across, continue traveling east along the pathway. Nearby attractions/facilities: an accredited member of several prestigious You will pass by one more bridge and walk • Sam Livingston Fish Hatchery. international zoological societies and includes a under yet another one. Shortly after you pass the • Pearce Estate Park. centre for conservation research. It supports a Bridgeland/Memorial CTrain Station it will be time • Centenary Park. variety of conservation and ecological research to cross the river once again at the Baines Bridge. • Inglewood off-leash park. projects and offers interpretive workshops where Continue south on Zoo Road N.E. until you reach you can learn all about them. the west entrance of the Calgary Zoo. West Zoo entrance on Zoo Road Worth noting: The Zoolights festival during the winter is one of the largest seasonal light shows in Western Canada and features over three million lights. West Zoo entrance on Zoo Road Nearby GC King Bridge www.calgary.ca | call 3-1-1 THE CITY OF CALGARY Calgary Zoo, Botanical Garden & Prehistoric Park 1300 Zoo Road N.E. Bow River Pathway on St. Patrick’s Island 2" ± 8 AVE N 7 AVE N N E RILEY V A PARK 2 DR IAL 7 R ROTARY E S O D T M PARK M 5 AVE N W E O 2" M N PRINCE'S T E ST 10 ISLAND O N OLD T ! R LANGEVIN ! BRIDGE EAU CLAIRE ! MARKET ! ! 2 AVE S ! BAINES ! BRIDGE ! ! T HARRY HAYES ! ! 4 AVE S S BUILDING ! ! ! E ! !2" E ! W E ! R ! T T T T S ! S S T S . P N AT ! " 1 2 2 R 6 AVE S 3 ICK E ISL 'S AND ! C " " E C SHAW 2 2 2" 2" 2" 2" 2" 2" 2" 2" 2" ALG MILLENIUM T ARY S FORT CITY HALL ZOO PARK 6 CONVENTION CALGARY 9 AVE S CENTRE CALGARY TOWER CPR W 1 W 0 AVE S W Y T T T S W S W S 9 1 8 5 T C A I 1 V S E P 2 S M Legend Y L DirectedRoute Route O 2 CTrain and & Stations Stations Regional Pathways 2" Trans Canada Trail 2007-1190 Regional Bikeways Pavillion www.calgary.ca | call 3-1-1.