Hours & Directions

Zoo Hours

Reservations required.

January 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14 – 10am – 5pm

January 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17 – 1pm – 9pm (PNC Festival of Lights BONUS NIGHTS!)

January 18 – March 12 – 10am – 5pm

Members do not need reservations from 2p – 4pm, January 18 – Feb 28.

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! Please pay attention to signage in the event this parking lot fills, we will begin directing to the overflow lot on Louis Avenue.

Visitors may enter the Zoo using the Pavilion Entry Building from the Main Parking Lot, equipped with stairs, elevators and escalators to get to bridge level. Our new Erkenbrecher Entrance will also be open as an alternate walk-in entry.

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.