NEW Zoo & Adventure Park
Animals from Wisconsin and around the world occupy a forested campus where a separate adventure park adds climbing, zip lines, and a fire tower.
Artwork inspired by Schomer Lichtner
The zoo’s county-forest setting makes northern species and habitat comparison especially effective. Wolves, bears, cats, hoofstock, birds, and smaller animals can be read against weather, shade, substrate, and seasonal behavior rather than as isolated exhibits.
The Adventure Park is operationally separate: climbing, zip line, and tower activities use distinct tickets, age or weight requirements, weather rules, and schedules. Decide whether the day is primarily animal observation or adventure, then confirm both calendars; combining everything can create more waiting than learning.
- Region
- Northeastern Wisconsin
- Campus
- Forested
- Adventure
- Zip line and climbing
Quick guide
- Begin with a Wisconsin species
- Use local climate and habitat knowledge as a baseline before crossing continents
- Separate the adventure ticket
- Harness activities have different capacities, restrictions, and closure thresholds
Compare animals with the forest around the zoo
- Begin with a Wisconsin species
- Use local climate and habitat knowledge as a baseline before crossing continents.
- Watch weather response
- Cold, snow, heat, shade, and wind change activity and enclosure use.
- Separate the adventure ticket
- Harness activities have different capacities, restrictions, and closure thresholds.
- Check keeper programming
- A scheduled talk can reveal individual behavior and conservation work unavailable from labels.
Good to know
Adventure Park admission is separate and its attractions can close for weather even while the zoo remains open.
Notice these
- Wisconsin animals
- Giraffe feeding
- Reforestation tower