New York State Zoo at Thompson Park

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1 Thompson Park
Watertown, NY 13601
The New York State Zoo at Thompson Park prides itself as being the only zoo in the world to exhibit species native to New York State. Abundant, threatened or endangered animals, including wolverines, bears, eagles, mountain lions and more make their home at our 32-acre Zoo.

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Elijah R.
10/22/2025

Let me start out by saying this is such a cute little zoo. My wife and I are up in the area for our honeymoon and decided this Zoo would be a fun place to visit. I guess we got lucky, and we...

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Sam W.
10/22/2025

My husband and I really enjoyed this place! We were greeted by staff immediately and were informed our admission to the zoo was sponsored by a local bank, so we were fortunate to not pay anything....

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Tara M.
10/20/2024

Cute little zoo with animals native to NYS. We stopped here on our way to the ADK around 12:30. It is pretty small but definitely entertaining. I'm not sure if we lucked out and they were feeding...

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Owen R.
11/17/2024

in fairness it appears it's been many years since this zoo had upgrades it's weathered and not many animals remain nice area and a good opportunity to get some steps! i liked the wolverine the best

Keaton R.
7/1/2024

i loved seeing all 3 animals!!! nice walking paths, the trees were the most exciting part. good chance saw more animals on the drive here.

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