Nashville Zoo at Grassmere

The Nashville Zoo at Grassmere is a 200-acre (81 ha) zoo and historic plantation farmhouse located 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The Nashville Zoo at Grassmere is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). The Nashville Zoo at Grassmere was founded in 1996, the result of a merger between two competing facilities, The Nashville Zoo (located in nearby Pleasant View) and Grassmere Wildlife Park (which was located at the zoo's present location). The resulting facility has been engineered to grow so as to take maximum advantage of its 188 acres (76 ha). On the grounds of the zoo facilities, the property still maintains the original historic plantation house, called Grassmere or the...