Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park Review

Best zoo. Would zoo again. 8/10 would zoo. Minus 1 star for no roaming peacocks.

Love the animals they do got, but need more and need new ones and they really shpuld work more to get the renovations finished. My kids had a blast though and thats what counts for me.

Very nice place to visit and I like the way it is laid out

Currently they are doing a lot of work to the zoo. Between that and Covid-19 guidelines a lot of the zoo is closed to the public. There are still many animals to see and every visitor helps make the zoo better, faster. Most Zoos are built from nothing, leveling a huge area and manufacturing everything you see. Ross Park Zoo is set into the natural local environment, changing only those things that the animals need to thrive. Go see the 5th oldest Zoo in the country and help make it even better!

Very disappointed with this "zoo", When i was a kid it was beautiful, and over the years it's turned to nothing, the poor animals that are left in the enclosures looked very sick they had little to no water,and no food. I feel so bad for them. They would honestly be better off closing that zoo and putting those animals in a zoo where they would have more attention and water, and there enclosures are well kept. Don't think I would go back, did not like seeing animals like that. Something needs to be done.

Way better then animal adventure. The animals have better enclosures. Not given enough credit.

Horrible
Defintaly not worth the $ or the drive.
Barley any animals, and the ones that were their looked ill. Enclosures were way to small.
Park was dirty. Staff were not all that friendly. Defiantly will never be going back or recommending this zoo to any one. It should be sgut down and re done.

Spent the morning with my friend and her 20 month old granddaughter and my 20 month old great granddaughter. The 3 and under room was perfect. The rest of the place had long halls and carpeted steps to run and practice on. They weren't very interested in grocery shopping but liked the bee hive. Place got quite crowded but happy children everywhere. This center is probably the best I've seen including NYC. Very innovative, well staffed, attention to details remarkable.

Beautiful walk around the side of a hill. Not a ton of animals, but enough that kids always seem to enjoy visiting.

This zoo is quite lovely. But the coyotes look sick and where is the carousel? Also, the cages are way too big for one little animal. New to expand. But otherwise I had a good time.

The zoo is definitely working on making things better, we came for the ice cream safari, this was great!

I only was at the picnic area..but it was very clean and enjoyed our time there

It's a very nice zoo. It's not too big also. Perfect for a small day trip.

Last Saturday my mother, her boyfriend, my fiance, and me went to ross park zoo we went down to the spillway there was a fawn down there that seemed to be hurt and couldn't get out I contacted the zoo and the woman that I spoke to said that it goes in there all the time it can go through the pipe and get to its mother.....they had lied to us we had recently found out that the poor little fawn had died. They say there all about animals well they didn't help the fawn that was stuck and I will not be returning to this zoo.

Well done. A nice zoo, great for a family and the animals seem better cared for than most smaller zoos.

Great place to take the family. It could use a little more animals and attractions though

Support this local zoo. Been one of the earliest zoos. The only thing is not many otters. Penguins smell. But overall was fun for my kids.

I was a little dusappointed that there was not a little more to see.

Amazing little zoo. There was a zookeeper walking around answering all of our questions. Can get closet to the animals than most zoo's. Overall amazing experience will be coming back in the future!

There were only a handful of exhibits open it took less then an hour to walk it

Fun, local historic zoo and carousel! Animal exhibits, playground, food and beverage purchase area, and gift shop all on site. Be aware that the flow of the zoo is basically uphill, almost switchback style. Wear good walking shoes and be prepared to deal with going uphill!

Our family had a great experience with our Wild Encounter. All the staff were courteous and helpful. Rachael and Courtney were very knowledgeable and friendly. We would recommend the experience to any family.

The zoo itself was great, but we also visited during their Halloween event and the kids just absolutely loved it!

Very nice. Liz was very good in gift shop. A real keeper.

I think they really try but they close too early so that's tough...

Would like to see more animals for the kids to see .Long walk for little satisfaction.

I know the zoo and its employees do their best with the limited resources they have, but it needs more animals. At least half of the mile long walk has no exhibits, and often times the special events they run are half baked. The zoo is very kind to the animals they do have though, as they focus on rehabilitation into the wild rather than domestication of the creatures under their care. I'd love to see them get a massive grant or donation so they could do more than just survive.

Wonderful animals and walk thru the forrest, and an antique carousel

We had a good time with our kids. I got a good deal on Goupon for tickets. It could use some updates but the staff was friendly and helpful.

The most disapointing part was people smoking. There was one person smoking a cigarett just feet away from the "no puffin" sign. There was also two seporate groups of people smoking POT out in the parking lot.

Facilities could really use some updates. Especially the penguin exhibit which has felt rundown and dirty for several years now. You can see the whole place in a very short time.

Love zoos and aquariums. I like the outdoors feel that this zoo has. Red wolf are Beautiful.

Very nice zoo. Awesome howling show from the wolfs and coyotes!!! Staff was nice and friendly.

Perfect zoo for young children to walk. Plenty of shade and areas to rest around the 1 1/4 mile looping exhibit trail. Plenty of exhibits in which most of the animals were out. Just dont expect to find elephants, rhinos, or other large zoo exhibits here.

The Discovery Center is a wonderful place for kids, lots to do and swe. Awesome staff!