Chehaw Park, Albany

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Chehaw Park is a park and zoo located in Albany, Georgia. The park was originally opened as Chehaw State Park in 1937, and currently covers 800 acres. The Wild Animal Park was designed by naturalist Jim Fowler of television's Wild Kingdom. Fowler is originally from Albany, Georgia. It was opened in 1997, and features boardwalks in the cypress swamps that take visitors through natural habitat exhibits. ()

Animals: 212Species: 55Coordinates: 31°37'43"N, 84°7'57"W

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Chehaw Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Albany Mall, Flint RiverQuarium, Sherwood Baptist Church, Thronateeska Heritage Center.

5 miW
Shopping centre, Shopping
Albany Mall, Albany
128 min walk • Albany Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Albany, Georgia. Opened in 1976, it features Belk, JCPenney, Dillard's, Old Navy, and Books-A-Million as its anchor stores. It is managed by Aronov Realty.
3.6 miS
Aquarium with fish, marine life and birds
Flint RiverQuarium, Albany
92 min walk • The Flint RiverQuarium is a 54,000 sq ft aquarium opened in 2004 and located on the banks of the Flint River in Albany, Georgia, United States.
4.2 miW
Church
Sherwood Baptist Church, Albany
108 min walk • Sherwood Baptist Church is a large Southern Baptist church on Whispering Pines Road in Albany, Georgia, with close to 1,500 weekly attendance. At one point it was a megachurch with close to 2,000 weekly members.
3.4 miS
Museum, Observatories and planetariums, Science museum
Thronateeska Heritage Center, Albany
87 min walk • Thronateeska Heritage Center is a 5013 not-for-profit organization incorporated in 1974 for the purpose of historic preservation and science education in Southwest Georgia.
3.4 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Old St. Teresa Catholic Church, Albany
87 min walk • Old St. Teresa Church is located in downtown Albany, Georgia, on Residence Avenue. It is the oldest church building in Albany, and the oldest Catholic Church still in use in Georgia. The name Old St.
2.7 miW
31°36'53"N • 84°10'29"W
Fun Park, Albany
68 min walk • Amusement, Game and entertainment center, Amusement ride
3.8 miSW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Theatre Albany, Albany
98 min walk • Theatre Albany is an amateur production company in downtown Albany, Georgia, U.S. It presents six major productions annually. The theater seats 314 and is located at 514 Pine Avenue in the Capt. John A.
3.9 miS
Amphitheatre
Veterans Park Amphitheater, Albany
99 min walk • Veterans Park Amphitheater is a 2,500-seat amphitheater located in Albany, Georgia. It is part of a sports, entertainment and convention complex that also includes the Albany Civic Center and Albany Municipal Auditorium.
3.6 miS
Shopping, Department store
Rosenberg Brothers Department Store, Albany
93 min walk • The Rosenberg Brothers Department Store building is located in downtown Albany, Georgia, USA. The three-story brick structure was built in 1924 in an Italianate/Neo-Renaissance Classical Revival style by J.C. Hind and J. T. Murphy.
0.5 miSE
Park
Confederate Memorial Park, Albany
12 min walk • The Confederate Memorial Park in Albany, Georgia, United States is located on Philema Road across from Chehaw Park. The stone monument to Albany's Confederate veterans from the American Civil War was originally located in downtown Albany in the middle of the intersection of Jackson Street and Pine Avenue.
3.6 miS
Library
Dougherty County Public Library, Albany
92 min walk • The Dougherty County Public Library is a public library system serving Dougherty County, Georgia. The Central Library is located in Albany, Georgia. The library is a member of PINES, a program of the Georgia Public Library Service that covers 53 library systems in 143 counties of Georgia.