Eastlake Park, later renamed Lincoln Park, opens along Mission Road, featuring a manmade lake, gardens, pleasure pier, and L.A.’s first city-owned zoo. By 1901, the Los Angeles Times was saying ...

The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens is ... Families can visit and enjoy seeing the animals and exhibits. The LA Zoo is located within Griffith Park and has been a family favorite for years.

On the north side of the park, visitors can also spend time at Autry Museum of the American West, the Los Angeles Zoo and the Travel Town Train Museum. Within just a few blocks of Hollywood ...

Comparatively, Los Angeles Zoo’s elephant population currently lives in a 3.6 to 6.56-acre space. “10 acres is considered large for a city zoo… The Houston Zoo has 12 elephants in three ...