Druid Hill Park

Druid Hill Park is home to the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, founded in 1876 as the third oldest zoo in America, with more than 1,500 wild animals and over 200 unique species, including Arctic polar bears, giraffes in the African Journey, and the Jones Falls Zephyr train. The park also contains the Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens, a Victorian glass conservatory with a tropical rain forest, plants from deserts and temperate climates, palms, and seasonal flower shows, and it is the second oldest Victorian glass conservatory in the country. Founded in 1984, the Parks & People Foundation supports recreational and educational opportunities, sustains parks, promotes a healthy natural environment for Baltimore, and works through greening and youth programs to improve the city. The Friends of Druid Hill Park work to protect and maintain the park’s woods and arbors, preserve its historic monuments and buildings, and reinvigorate it as a central recreational, cultural, and educational institution.

Baltimore, Maryland · United States