Crandon Park Zoo

county zoo on Key Biscayne, precursor of Zoo Miami · Outside South Dade

Founded or opened

1948 to 1980

Community

Outside South Dade · outside South Dade

Pinned at

community centroid (no address recorded)

Status as of 11 September 2026

closed 1980

Historical state

pre Andrew

Connections

1 edges, 1 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.000 (rank 273 of 371) · moves and capital only 0.000 (rank 236)

Confidence

Medium · sources: [A47] (register)

The county zoo begins at Crandon Park on Key Biscayne in 1948. Its animals move to the new Metrozoo at the Richmond site in 1980.

Connections

Lineage

• becameZoo MiamiCounty zoo moves from Crandon Park to Richmond as Miami MetroZoo, renamed Zoo Miami in 20101980