Raleigh Day Trip: The Asheboro Zoo

The Asheboro Zoo, located 75 miles west of Raleigh, is nationally recognized as one of the nation’s finest zoos. It is the nation’s largest walk-through natural habitat zoos and is home to polar bears, sea lions, river otters, alligators, elephants, gorillas, baboons, rhinoceros, giraffes, and zebras, to name a few. The 37-acre African Plains exhibit alone is as large a many entire zoos. Visit the Asheboro Zoo website to plan your adventure.