When is Old Los Angeles Zoo open?
Open 24 hours, every day.
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Old Los Angeles Zoo
- 4.61.5k reviews
- Free
- Open now
Tucked into Griffith Park, the Old Los Angeles Zoo offers weathered concrete ruins, overgrown enclosures, and panoramic views that feel both nostalgic and slightly eerie. Visitors come for easy hiking, photography, and a quiet slice of LA history—expect uneven paths, interpretive plaques, and great city vistas.
Quick answers
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When is the best time to visit Old Los Angeles Zoo?
It's at its best mornings and afternoons. Wedar also scores every hour of the next five days against the forecast; see the best time on this page.
Is Old Los Angeles Zoo indoors or outdoors?
Outdoors: best on a dry day.
Where is Old Los Angeles Zoo?
4801 Griffith Park Dr,Los Angeles, CA 90027.
Right now · 3:30 pm
Why it fits right now
A great call right now.
This is its best hour in the next five days.
In its favour
- Sun's out
- Best in the afternoon
- Outdoors
68°
Clear
- Feels
- 62°
- Rain
- 1%
- Wind
- 14mph
- 4pm
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The next five days
Best time to go
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Plan your visit
Hours
Open now- monday
- Open 24 hours
- tuesday
- Open 24 hours
- wednesday
- Open 24 hours
- thursday
- Open 24 hours
- friday
- Open 24 hours
- saturday
- Open 24 hours
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- Open 24 hours
Where and how
- 1 Old Los Angeles Zoo
- 2 Old LA Zoo Picnic Area · 1 min
- 3 Spring Canyon · 3 min
- 4 Griffith Park · 9 min
- 5 Griffith Park Observatory Trails Peak · 21 min
Good to know
- Outdoors
- Free to visit
- Good with kids
- Good for solo
- Good for small groups
From visitors and the venue
What it's like
4.6from 1.5k reviews
Known for
- Photography
- Nature walks
- Sightseeing
- Historic landmarks
- Walking trails
- Scenic views
The feel
- Historic
- Spacious
- Quiet
- Tourists
- Family friendly
- Pet owners
Around West Glendale
Nearby
Within about a 15-minute walk.
For the next three hours
What to wear to go there now
Leave with a light layer.
Light layerThe whole time