The Nashville Zoo at Grassmere

African Elephants, Red Pandas, Eastern Box Turtles and more!

The Nashville Zoo at Grassmere is your connection with the wild in Nashville.

Zoos are great places for kids to visit because they are fascinated with animals.

You will see numerous wild animals including African Elephants, Red Pandas, Eastern Box Turtles and many more when you visit the Zoo in Nashville.

A visit to the Zoo is one of the most fun things to do in Nashville because it provides hours of entertainment for both kids and adults. It is a great way to spend the day with your family and friends. All the kids in my family that have been to the zoo say the Nashville Zoo is cool because it has the largest outdoor playground they have ever seen.

They climbed on huge nets, stairs, tunnels, playground equipment, towers and more. It's like a giant McDonald's play land that's 100 times bigger. It's worth visiting the zoo for the playground alone.

Your toddlers will love the Critter Corner! It's the petting zoo, my nieces and nephews had a ball petting all the animals.

At the Wild Animal Carousel the kids can take ride on a giraffe, a giant anteater, and even a cheetah too at no extra charge.

The Unseen New World is a neat exhibit with lots of snakes, fish, frogs and more.

I have a tip for you. Plan to visit the Unseen New World exhibit in the afternoon because it is indoors and is nice and cool. It can get hot in the afternoons here in Nashville.

Your kids will enjoy seeing all of the farm animals including: horses, sheep, chickens and cattle. The property still maintains the original historic plantation house.

The sheep get sheared twice a year and the Grassmere barnyard on the historic farm.

Check the Nashville Zoo website to see when they are going to be shearing the sheep. It is pretty cool to watch. The Nashville Zoo also has daily activities including animal shows and keeper talks. These are interesting and educational.

My 9 year old niece was fascinated at one of the keeper talk about giraffes. They showed her that only one vertebrae in the giraffe’s neck was as big as her head.

The zoo is located six miles southeast of downtown Nashville so it is not far from other Nashville tourist attractions.

Here is the address and website for you.

3777 Nolensville
Road,Nashville, TN 37211
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You and your family are sure to have a great time at the zoo. It is lots of fun.

I helped out as a volunteer with a fund raiser they had for diabetes last year. That was a lot of fun.

One of the things I like about this zoo is that it is not very hilly, at least in my opinion. I had to update my comments here because I have had several people tell me that it is hilly and several other people tell me it isn't very hilly.

There are some small hills. They are not steep and there are not that many of them. I guess you will just have to decide for yourself whether it is hilly or not.

My advise is to just stroll around the zoo, take your time and enjoy your day at the Nashville Zoo.

Here are some more fun things to do in Nashville with kids.

During spring visit the Nashville Parthenon at Centennial Park. The flowers are just beautiful and the kids will enjoy feeding the ducks.

In the summer visit Nashville Shores water park for some summertime fun. Taking kids to a Nashville Sounds baseball game is a lot of fun too.

In the fall go to one of the corn mazes around town.

In the winter you don't want to miss the lights at the Opryland Hotel

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