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John Ball Zoo

4.6
  • Zoos
  • Grand Rapids, MI

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1300 Fulton Street West, Grand Rapids, MI, 49504, United States

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Dannie Udell 
4 years ago

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 

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Sarah Marston 
4 years ago

make events more organized and less of a money grab. once you buy the ticket they don't care if you enjoy the event or not. 

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Fred VandeVoorde 
4 years ago

Couldn’t see animals very good , was more places to drink or eat then animals 

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Kimberly Kerkhoff 
4 years ago

The animals need so much more room to move around and roam, some of the enclosures/CAGES were so small and sad and ridiculous!! My heart breaks for those poor animals!! We most likely will not be back to this zoo.. 

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Chris Veighey 
4 years ago

Went to the zoo today with my family and was incredibly disappointed. Less than a 1/4 of the people were wearing masks, and no one was practicing social distancing. We ended up leaving early as it was an incredibly stressfully trip. We had several confrontations with no maskers and people continually invading my children's space both indoors and out. It was a nice facility, and if there was no pandemic we may return. However if you have any reservations about the coronavirus I would highly recommend staying far away from ... read more

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Denise Westlake- Gullett 
4 years ago

really not much to see just a lot of walking...up hill 

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Lori Anne Freitag Huegel 
4 years ago

Reached capacity... couldn’t get in 

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Keri Suk 
5 years ago

I hope they close. We wasted our time driving here and they won’t even let us in. 

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Sally Hart Bentley 
7 years ago

Very disappointed with the amount of walking and animal ratio. The monkeys were absent, no train, no giraffe, alligator, gorilla, zebra...the animals you expect to see. There should have been farm animals. The petting zoo was goats. Just not impressed compared to other zoos. A lot of space and very few animals. 

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How is John Ball Zoo rated?

John Ball Zoo has a 4.6 star rating with 13,532 reviews. 

When is John Ball Zoo open?

John Ball Zoo is temporarily closed. It will reopen on Mar 20th, 2026.