Jonathan Smith

Review of Happy Hollow Park and Zoo

This place is perfect for young children but I wou...

This place is perfect for young children but I wouldn't bring kids 9/10 or older here. All the rides are for small children, and I think older kids would be bored. They have the petting zoo where you can directly interact with the animals and feed them. The park is clean looks nice, has good diversity of terrain, and is easy to navigate. There are several restrooms and good food stands. I came with my nephews and I rented a double stroller, I think it was 12$, not bad.
I got very concerned about the animals in the petting zoo. Even though they seem well taken care of, they seem to just be getting bothered by kids all day long, and this seems traumatizing. It's to the point where several of them dont even respond and they just sit there. Some of the enclosures like the goats, have sections that are closed off to humans so they can get quiet time, but it didn't really seem to be very obvious for them, it seems like the animals should just be rotated in and out. The animal food costs 25 cents for a decent handful.
Children 2 and under are free, and I think general admission is 11$ which is a fair price .
It is a decent walk from the parking lot to the entrance of the park, and there is a separate fee for parking, but parking was still easy.
Overall good experience.