Old Los Angeles Zoo

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Griffith Park’s abandoned zoo lets visitors walk right inside weathered stone grottoes and empty hillside cages.

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First opened in 1912, the zoo operated on this site until facilities moved in 1966. The historic grounds now function as a public hiking area and open park space, with graffiti-covered concrete enclosures and weathered hillside ruins left behind to explore.


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