Reid Park Zoo

Rank in Arizona: #303of 727 ranked
Overall score: Score 41.7 out of 100medium confidence
Category: Zoo or Aquarium

Reid Park Zoo is a 24-acre zoo within Reid Park in Tucson, Arizona, owned and operated by the city as a non-profit. It was unofficially established in 1965 by Gene Reid, then the parks and recreation director, and founded in 1967. The zoo holds more than 500 animals and receives about 500,000 visitors a year, and it is accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums. Among its facilities is one for treating cancers with radiation and heat therapy, which takes animal patients from zoos elsewhere in the country.

Where it is

Reid Park Zoo is a zoo or aquarium near Tucson, in Pima County. It is one of the zoos & aquariums in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.

How this ranking was reached

No official visitor count is published for Reid Park Zoo, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.

Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.

Sources

Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
Coordinates and designations: Wikivoyage(opens in a new tab)
County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Official site: http://reidparkzoo.org/(opens in a new tab)

Record last verified 2026-08-12.

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