I don't get to visit zoos very often or travel very far but I've been to: North Carolina: 8 South Carolina: 3 Georgia: 1 Florida: 1 I'm coming for the NC and SC records, look out @nczoofan @snowleopard and @CuseZoofan
I don't think I could come up with 62 facilities in California off the top of my head, beating him would take some real effort!
Updated Connecticut=3 Florida=7 Georgia=1 Kentucky=1 Maine=3 Maryland=2 Massachusetts=4 New York=13 North Carolina=1 Ohio=3 Pennsylvania=4 (Clyde Peeling's Reptiland) Rhode Island=1 South Carolina=3 Virginia=5 (Virginia Zoo)
Here's my tallies after my visit to the Aksarben Aquarium at Schramm Park yesterday with my wife: California: 2 (SDZ, SDZSP) Colorado: 1 (Denver) Florida: 1 (DAK) Illinois: 2 (Lincoln Park, Shedd) Iowa: 2 (Blank Park, Dubuque) Kansas: 2 (Topeka, David Traylor) Louisiana: 2 (Audubon Zoo, A. Aquarium) Massachusetts: 3 (Stone, FPZ, NE Aquarium) Missouri: 4 (KCZ, Saint Louis, Dickerson Park, WOW Aquarium) Nebraska: 6 (OHDZ, Lincoln Children's, Riverside Discovery Center, Simmons Safari Park, Grand Island Heritage Zoo, Aksarben Aquarium) South Dakota: 3 (Reptile Gardens, Bramble Park, Great Plains Zoo) Tennessee: 1 (Memphis) Looks like I have taken Nebraska after yesterday's visit, I was previously tied with snowleopard. There are still two roadside zoos yet in Nebraska that I haven't been to.
I’m now at 13 Minnesotan zoos, having just visited Westwood Hills Nature Center a couple of hours ago.
Florida = 18 or 19 total Zoo Miami Palm Beach Zoo Naples Zoo Brevard Zoo Central Florida Zoo SeaWorld Orlando Miami Seaquarium Cox Science Center & Aquarium Frost Museum Of Science Lion Country Safari Flamingo Gardens Everglades Alligator Farm Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Panther Ridge Sanctuary Gumbo Limbo Nature Center Aquarium Wellington Conservation Center Shell Factory Nature Park Arnold's Wildlife Rehabilitation (closed now) EPCOT Aquarium?? (I don't remember this so well since it was around 15 years ago) New York = 7 or 8 Bronx Zoo Central Park Zoo Prospect Park Zoo Queens Zoo Staten Island Zoo New York Aquarium Adirondack Wildlife Refuge Bear Mountain Museum (Many years ago, don't remember it well) * I was also at Museum Of Natural History when they had an insect exhibit, but don't count it as a zoological institution. New Jersey = 0 or 1 Liberty Science Center (Many years ago, don't remember it well. I know it had animals then though) Pennsylvania = 2 or 3 Philadelphia Zoo Elmwood Park Zoo Hershey Park ZooAmerica (Many many years ago. Barely even remember it) Connecticut = 1 Maritime Aquarium DC = 1 National Zoo * I was also at Smithsonian Museum Of Natural History which currently has an insect exhibit, but don't count it as a zoological institution. California = 3 San Diego Zoo San Diego Safari Park Los Angeles Zoo Arizona = 3 or 4 Phoenix Zoo Out Of Africa Wildlife Park OdySea Aquarium Goldfield Mines Reptile House (sorta counts?) Nevada = 1 Shark Reef Aquarium Mandalay Bay Georgia = 2 Georgia Aquarium Zoo Atlanta Louisiana = 1 Audubon Zoo A few other nature centers I've been to in New York and Florida, but I don't count them because the amount of species is tiny and not really notable.
I have one more for my PA lead (Philly Insectarium), bringing me to 12. I have another for VA (Creation Kingdom) pulling me into the lead with 11. I've got two for WV now (Hovatter's and WV State Wildlife Center) putting me in the lead there as well. I'm surprised the Kentucky number is so low, I would have stopped somewhere else if I'd known as I did 3
I stopped off this weekend at Laura Quinn Wild Bird Sanctuary on my way to the Florida keys. I also forgot to add Monkey Jungle to my Florida list as I was there years ago with family (don't remember it that well). I technically have visited 21 facilities, and if the few aquarium tanks at Anne Kolb Nature Center count as a "zoo", I'll be in the Florida lead with 22
My tallies: Connecticut: 1. Mystic Aquarium Indiana: 1. Indianapolis Zoo 2. Columbian Park Zoo Massachusetts: 1. Capron Park Zoo 2. Southwick's Zoo 3. Buttonwood Park Zoo 4. Franklin Park Zoo 5. Stone Zoo 6. EcoTarium (7 if you count the Museum of Science in Boston) New York: 1. Utica Zoo Rhode Island: 1. Roger Williams Park Zoo 2. Beavertail Aquarium
I've now been to all 5 of the mainland Rhode Island facilities, putting me in the lead there, as well.
I forgot about this thread for a little bit, but I think I now hold the record for most zoos visited in Massachusetts, and am also now tied for first with TinoPup in the state of Rhode Island. Here are my tallies for those two states: Massachusetts (16 Zoos) 1. Blue Hills Trailside Museum 2. Butterflies of Cape Cod 3. Buttonwood Park Zoo 4. Cape Cod Museum of Natural History and Aquarium 5. Capron Park Zoo 6. EcoTarium 7. Franklin Park Zoo 8. Museum of Science (Boston) 9. New England Aquarium 10. Southwick's Zoo 11. Springfield Science Museum 12. Stone Zoo 13. Wolf Hollow 14. Woods Hole Science Aquarium 15. World War I Memorial Park Zoo 16. Zooquarium (closed) Rhode Island (5 Zoos) 1. Audubon Society of Rhode Island Nature Center and Aquarium 2. Beavertail Aquarium 3. Biomes Marine Biology Center 4. Roger Williams Park Zoo 5. Save the Bay Exploration Center and Aquarium