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Walk the Lee Richardson Zoo

Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City, KS. Walk a free High Plains zoo and find the tallest animal.

Grab a map at the gate and let the kids pick the route through dozens of acres of animals, from giraffes and big cats to bears and prairie critters. Each family member picks the animal they'd take home, and has to defend it. The photo to get: the family with the tallest animal you can find. Picnic in Finnup Park next door when legs get tired.

Adventure
Half day
Easy
Free
Outdoors
Daytime

Good with family and kids

Check before you go: opening hours, and weather and trail conditions

Lee Richardson Zoo, Finnup Park, Garden City312 E Finnup Dr, Garden City, KS 67846

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Kids' version

Zoo walk! Find these animals.

A giraffe
A big cat
A bird with bright colors
The animal you'd take home
A selfie with your grown-up!

Checked November 2026

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About this place

Lee Richardson Zoo is one of the biggest zoos in Kansas, a real surprise out on the High Plains, and walking in is free. You can also pay to drive the loop road, but on foot is the way to see everything up close.

Summer afternoons get hot, so go in the morning when the animals are more active, and bring water.

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