Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden®

Home of the world famous hippo Fiona. Family friendly Zoo committed to inspiring visitors with wildlife and saving species.

Zoo Hours

Reservations required.

March 13 – Oct 31: 10am – 5pm (with Early Entry at 9am for members)

Current Zoo Members Please Note:

From March 1 – May 31, 2021:

  • No Member Reservations from 2-4pm Monday through Thursday

(Vine Parking Lot closes at 4:30pm daily)

Getting Here

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is located at 3400 Vine St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45220. You can also take Metro routes 1, 46, 38x, 78 or hop on a Red Bike.

The I-71 Martin Luther King interchangeis now open! Use this from exit 3 off of I-71. Coming from I-75? Try exiting at Hopple Street.

Zoo Parking

The main Zoo lot is open!

Visitors may enter the Zoo using the Pavilion Entry Building from the Main Parking Lot, equipped with stairs & elevators to get to bridge level.

You can charge your electric vehicle at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden! We have 8 charging ports in our main Vine St. parking lot. The charging stations are provided by Electrada and can be used with FLO or ChargePoint apps, and also appear on Plugshare.

Zoo Map

Click here to see PDF of map

spring 2021 zoo map

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