# Western North Carolina Nature Center

- **Country:** United States
- **Area:** 42 acre
- **Logo:** Western North Carolina Nature Center Logo.jpg
- **Opened:** 1973
- **Members:** Association of Zoos and Aquariums
- **Website:** https://wildwnc.org/
- **Exhibits:** Brandon's Otter Falls, Appalachian Station Reptile & Amphibian House, Appalachian Predator Loop, Black Bear Ridge, and North Carolina Farm
- **Location:** Asheville, North Carolina
- **Zoo Name:** Western North Carolina Nature Center
- **Logo Width:** 200px
- **Date Opened:** May 1973
- **Num Species:** 100

The Western North Carolina Nature Center is a zoological park in Western North Carolina operated by the City of Asheville. It was originally opened in 1925 and known as Recreation Park Zoo, Craig Park Zoo, and and housed a wide variety of native and non-native wildlife. It was then renamed the Children's Zoo and Nature Center in the mid-seventies and was converted to a native wildlife zoo.

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_North_Carolina_Nature_Center (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)