The Nashville Zoo at Grassmere spreads across 188 acres of rolling Tennessee farmland, and families love its mix of wild headliners and gentle surprises: red pandas in the trees, a kangaroo habitat you can walk through, giraffes to feed and a vintage carousel at the heart of it all.
The zoo keeps young visitors busy beyond the animals — the enormous Jungle Gym playground, the Soaring Eagle zip line for bigger kids, keeper talks and the historic Grassmere home and farm that remember the land’s earlier life.
Shaded paths, picnic lawns and a full calendar of family events make it an easy whole-day outing: Nashville’s wildest neighborhood, in every happy sense.
