Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo
Encyclopedia
The Catocin Wildlife Preserve is a 100 acres (40.5 ha) zoo
and wildlife preserve (25 acres (10.1 ha) are accessible to the public) located on Maryland Route 806
in Thurmont, Maryland
. The zoo features unique safari truck rides that allow visitors to touch and feed large herbivores in a wooded setting.
Zoo
A zoological garden, zoological park, menagerie, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred....
and wildlife preserve (25 acres (10.1 ha) are accessible to the public) located on Maryland Route 806
Maryland Route 806
Maryland Route 806 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs a total of in two segments from U.S. Route 15 near Catoctin Furnace north to Roddy Creek Road near Thurmont...
in Thurmont, Maryland
Thurmont, Maryland
Thurmont is a town in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The population was 5,588 at the 2000 census. The town is located in the northern part of Frederick County , approximately ten miles from the Pennsylvania border, along U.S. Highway 15...
. The zoo features unique safari truck rides that allow visitors to touch and feed large herbivores in a wooded setting.