Stone Zoo
About
Stone Zoo is a 26-acre zoo near the Spot Pond reservoir in Stoneham, operated by Zoo New England, which also runs Franklin Park Zoo in Boston. It has welcomed visitors for more than 100 years and houses animals from around the world, including reindeer, white-cheeked gibbons, a pack of Mexican gray wolves, snow leopards in the Himalayan Highlands exhibit, and black bears named Smoky and Bubba.
Themed exhibits include Treasures of the Sierra Madre, with a jaguar, cougars and Gila monsters; Windows to the Wild, home to hyacinth macaws, two-toed sloths and cotton-top tamarins; and Caribbean Coast, with flamingos, macaws and Jamaican iguanas. Zoo New England puts conservation at the center of its mission, with turtle and wildlife programs in New England and abroad. Each holiday season, ZooLights fills tree-lined paths with thousands of lights.
What to Know
- Open every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas.
- Wheelchair accessible.
- Memberships, group reservations and school programs are offered.
- A Jr. Zookeeper Club for teens is based at Stone Zoo.
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