Reviews of Riverside Discovery Center (Zoo)

Elvira Maahs

ABSOLUTE AMAZING!

Amber Velasquez

The pouring so, splashpad and feeding the fish and ducks from the bridge were a big hit with our two daughters. Unfortunately there were a lot of empty enclosures throughout the zoo.

Brenda Haslow

Love our local zoo. Staff is always friendly and they are always working to bring new ideas and exhibits in, updating others and improving any thing they can. Educational yet fun.

Benny Hersey

Great little zoo Some Animals really close

Jennifer Jennings

Love this place

Matt Salomon

Small zoo with chimps, tiger, lion and other wildlife. Has a splash pad and dino dog area for kids. Staff is working hard to build a new large enclosure for grizzly bears.

Chester Barkell

Loved it

craig fitzgerald

They dont like monkeys

Lois Butler

Great little zoo for a smaller community

Nicole Arkansas Le Marr

Wonderful little zoo with lots to do! The new splash pad is lots of fun & a great way to cool off after walking around the zoo

Michael Nickisch

Great place. Small but incredible. Great staff. Had a great time at the wine and chimps benefit. Hoping the chimps weren't too hungover. Lol. Enjoyed ourselves. Thanks guys.

Linda Garcia

Very happy

Wendi Nichols

Wonderful little zoo! Lots of activities for the kids. The creatures are diverse and well kept. Just love this place & all the people who make it so special!

Marylou Salomon

My family is blessed by having a zoo in our town. I am certainly glad we have the opportunity to visit exotic and endangered animals within a few miles. If it wasn't for places like this many of our animal species would vanish. Many large zoos don't even have chimpanzees and the Riverside Zoo has 5 in a spacious enclosure. Please rally and support this zoo. If you have a passion for animals, please do what you can to support our zoo! What a tremendous resource for our community and our families.

Don Freouf

I took my granddaughter and we both had fun.

Victoria Plasencio

Haven't been to the Zoo for Years !!! Enjoyed the visit very Much!

Julie Inman

Awesome! This is a great place for younger kids. They have an impressive set of animals as well but the kids are usually too busy with the splash pad and sand pit! Prefer this by far over Denver Zoo

codi ulrich

Spooky

Daryl C

Great small town zoo

So Green

Amazing place. I love how they have a frisbee gold course behind it... hint hint

Jay Zell Jr

It's a fun place to take the kids.

Donelle Smith

Love this small hometown zoo. Perfect for an afternoon with the kiddos.

Katie Ringstad

The bear, fox, and raccoon exhibits are way too small. The animals need a larger space to roam.

Eleisha Perreira

LOVE going here!

Todd Lewis

Nice

Everett Rhodes

Fun little zoo. The splash park and play areas are great for the kids.

Brandy Miner

Animal's looked too hot but look Where they live. Low price to get in. Not much for sale in gift shop but it could be the wrong time of year to visit.

Carrie Bohl

So many great things for this kids to do and learn. Enjoyed the splash pad and the animals that the staff allowed the kids to pet and learn about. We go as much as we can and enjoy it every time!

Debra Reddy

Loved the giraffes so much!

Bre Tealbert

great place to take children and a great place for adults too. good clean fun!!!

Dominic Romo

The bears looked very uncomfortable and I don't like the peacocks roaming around but it's a cool place.

Kacy Ross

Pricey, but decent small zoo. Lots of events for kids and families

Mike Nerland

Smaller zoo that has constantly improved over the years. They seem to get a spectacular display from time to time. Good family outing and not a whole day marathon like big zoos.

kresta sherman

Love the zoo!! Lots of animals and a fun splash pad for the kids!!

Mitchell McManis

This zoo was a great place to take the kids on vacation. We enjoyed seeing the animals and going to the petting zoo. We will make a point of visiting again.

Charles Rogers

Great little zoo

john-adam Bushing

Wonderful place and had a water pad for the kids so we got a family pass

Jaynie Duffield

We love going to the Zoo. My kids love to feed the fish and ducks, oh yes and the goats.

Chris Lewis

Get up close with the giraffes.

Matthew Kautz

Great place to spend a sunny day

Alan Sparrow

Great park! My only complaint is that the person at the shooting range sold us a park permit for the day and then we found out at the visitors center that it was a free day and we didn't need one.

Jon Winkelman

This is anaawesome zoo! The prices are good and the selection of animals is excellent. My kids also love the water park, playground, and dino dig areas. I recommend feeding the fish, geese, and letting zoo animals. The exhibits are well designed and they have plans to add more.

Sara J

Excellent Easter egg hunt event. Had a blast!

Joe Ciemnoczolowski

Great smaller zoo which is doing great with the resources it has. I was well impressed with the quality of the exhibits as well as the low price of entry. The splash pad during the hot summer is a welcome treat for the children. The lack of food to purchase on site is offset by the unique rule allowing you to bring your own picnic cooler into the park with you.

Jordan Holthus

A nice, clean environment with plenty of playground equipment and activities for kids to do.

Kathy Kirkwood

Was very nice clean zoo. Animals seemed to be well taken care of. Enjoyed my visit.

Mark Werts

Nice place for family to visit. They could spend some time though cleaning, pulling weeds, etc

Harmon Howlett

Pretty good zoo, I like the very small bobcat

Maximiliano Vallejos

Bigger than I expected. If you're bringing kids, make sure you bring swimming trunks for them! They have a water play area.

Rachel Garber

Wasn't sure what to expect from a small town zoo but this exceeded expectations! There were enough animals that my two young children enjoyed seeing them but did not get bored from wandering like at a larger zoo. There was also a splash pad, petting zoo, play ground and a dinosaur dig area. Totally worth the long drive for us to go!

Darren Good

Nice little zoo great place to take your children.

Lisa Nab

So many nice exhibits! And splash pad is a huge bonus!

Elizabeth Jimenez

They always are coming up withnewthings for the kiddos to do they are always open,fun,and friendly. So thankful for all they are

Braden Johns

Gotta help fund the new habitat for the Bears.

lizzy Anderson

Kids had a wonderful time. Price was high could be better if they had a family rate.

cole rein

decent selection of large and farm animals. over all a good outing for the evening.

Jessica Collins

The Teddy Bear Clinic was awesome! We love our Zoo!

barb mccarty

Wonderful walk our child loved it and so did we.

Colton James Ricks

In terms of variety, there isn't much, but for a small town zoo, it is good.

Miranda Molina

Great place for family

Chad Shimp

This zoo has everything in a small easy to walk and see everything package.

god le

Fun place

Donna Heath

Really enjoyed the fountains! Good place to cool off on a hot sunny day!! The grandkids have gold fish so we really enjoyed the koi pond!!

Jandi Rice

It's small but very well taken care of. The kiddos have so many things to explore with plenty of hands on! The staff is so friendly and helpful

Mr Briggs

Awesome little zoo! We are very lucky to have this in our little community!!

Kirkdrone Imaging

So fun for the hole family we had blast

Darselle McDaniel

Great place need to go see it

julie michael

Fun

Kevin Ridlen

You need to go here if you are in western Nebraska

Amanda Huber

Kids love splash pad

Katja Weindl

Small zoo but made with love

Joseph Parsons

Nice small zoo.

Stephanie Rood

I love our zoo and I'm glad they keep bringing animals in

Martika Campbell

I love coming here!!!

Vicki Gentry

Wonderful little zoo! Very clean and staff is friendly. I highly recommend it. It really only takes about an hour to walk through but it is well worth it plus you help out the animals. There's a water play pad in there. So during the summer months the kiddos can play in the water and look at animals. Bring a lunch and have a picnic. So many possibilities.

Shannon Barry

Had an amazing time

Nicholas Moore

For being a smaller zoo it is quite nice. Staff is friendly and exhibit are easy to find. Can go through it in less than an hour.

zaid lamas

Not the biggest zoo in the world but the exhibits are great, I walked from the ymca to the zoo on a day trip to scottsbluff it's was a great way to end a great day.

Jennifer Simons

Absolutely awesome! Never crowded, even when they do special things like wild lights. I love that my kids get to know the animals by name so when we go they ask to see certain animals. Sad to see scooter go, but understand the circumstances.

Laurie Smith

Very clean and the kids loved it

K N

I felt bad for the bears, they were whining

Cc Stinner

Such a great time for anyone! The new exhibits are awesome and you can check out the ponds, river walk, dog park, frisbee golf and more right outside the zoo! Super fun!

Stephen Drake

Grizzly cubs are fun to see...

Robin Cunningham

Great place

Logan Rogers-Follis

Great place to take the family to learn about animals

Avery Wallace

Get up close with these beautiful majestic animals.

Dakota Robertson

Good variety of animals great place for kids it interact with animals and no hassle like Denver zoo

Cody Adamson

It was an ok time. I feel like the zoo isn't trying as hard anymore.

Day Venable

Kids Loved the splash pad .... Need to do something about the animals though it's just sad....

Marysa Briner

Staff is helpful, knowledgeable, and educating. You can tell everyone really loves what they do!

Mindy Ford

Very nice place to see all the animals and learn about the animals and their habitat. Staff members are friendly. They have great events for kids and adults.

Jonelle Tannahill

Loved taking my daughter and grandkids to this Zoo. It was well laid out with nice walking paths, plenty of friendly animals and fun painted signs for photo opportunities. The staff was friendly. The prices was good. I will go again when I am in the area.

Kat Smhalt

There have been several additions over the past few years, and everything is looking good! A couple of Grizzlies have recently been added. They will be building a new bear enclosure soon. Excited to see the renovation!

Patricia Carmona

Animals look sad

Just Me

Beautiful fun place for the family. The kids live the water play area. Bring quarters to feed the carp, geese, turrles and farm animals!!!!

Misty Weare

Great little zoo and my kids love the playground and splash pad.

Makayla Workman

Very good soon for a small town

Dea Matlock

Cute little zoo, with a splash pad and a petting zoo!

jsviking2

Fun place to visit with the family!

Diane Furrey

Because the amount

Jessie Piper

Great small zoo with splash pad.

scuba steve

Took my 1yo here and she loved it.

Hannah Morris

Great zoo within a small community! They have a wide variety of various animals/reptiles. They have a splash pad for kids during the summer and even have a gift shop!

Larry Bastian

Small but neat .lots of activities and exercise . Animals are well taken care of . Worth the time and money .

PEM

Great place

Gina Albiston

Kids had so much fun feeding fish and turtles. Friendly staff.

Zeta Johnson

Very nice and beautiful place! I loved seeing the peacocks roaming around. All of the workers are very knowledgeable about everything and the animals love them.

Carlo Emanuele Barbi

Wide area for the giraffes. The animals have plenty of space. There is a lookout spot, but you can see them from different angles.

Kendra Juarez

Love all the stuff for the littles! Makes for a fun adventure any day of the week!

Angie Mills

There has been so many updates it is exciting to go. Enjoyed the reaction to grandbabies faces

Breanna L

The encounter was amazing. My son simply LOVED it.

Patrick Closson

Cool zoo

Ever Peters

A little small but I very much enjoyed the place.

Jordan Rodriquez

A great place to take the family while a small zoo it has an amazing selection of animals. fun activities for kids and adults a water park splash area inside and they even have a moose. I highly recommend visiting here

Dylan Golden

For a small town, pretty great zoo!

Ryan Allen

Pretty impressive zoo for such a small town. I particularly enjoyed seeing the two grizzly bears, however I do hope they are able to move them to the planned larger exhibit area soon, as they are quickly outgrowing the current area.

Steve Kemmerer

Very small. Animals all looked bored.

Lamb of God

Yes it's small but there's lots to do it nice to just see animals and when your to hot go splash in there splash pad or relax and let your kids play very nice zoo

Floyd G Hein JR

One awesome place. Only zoo in miles we had deaf awareness day. Enjoyed meeting new people.

Brandon Haney

I loved this zoo. Animals were close and easy to view. Very navigable size and affordable entry fee. Friendly staff. Highly recommend.

Brenda Gibbs

It would be nice if they concessions all the time.

Tracy

It's small....fun for small kids...lovely little flower gardens and the river running thru it was quite scenic

Basal Mouse

Great place in a small town for the whole family! Kids love to visit

bethany baldes

Fun small town zoo. More intimate setting then a big city zoo.

Debra Christensen

If you Scottsbluff community shut this down it would be a stupid thing to do. Shut down a bar or 2. That was a VERY GOOD TIME.

Becky Cabral

Nice walk

Jason Miller

Great little zoo for the price

Steven Lee

Understaffed. Underfunded. Need Sponsors badly.

Nicholas Schaffer

Great place to take the whole family. Good for the little ones. They have a splash pad that's perfect for cooling off.

Amanda Fogle

Love this zoo and its splash park!

Carie Forbes

Great little zoo. Lots of animals and tons of fun for kids.

Zoe Shank

Amazing

The High-Tech Redneck

Great exhibits and fun things for kids.

Greg Stumpff

It was a great place to stop. Really cool seeing the animals.

Sam Conklin

Good for kids

Hagen McCormick

Really need to spend the money and build a new bear enclosure that's ridiculous.

Bill Wineman

Good place to take the grandkids

Laurie Schluterbusch

Great place to visit!

Matt Floyd

Great little zoo! Was very happy with the experience

Janice Crofutt

Great

Lynette Pinfold

Great place to bring a family well cared for animals

Howard SINCLAIR

Nice for a small City Zoo

Lilian DeWitt

Friendly staff and beautiful animals

Roger McDaniel

Smells, but it is the zoo...lol

jessica rotz

Best zoo for the little ones be sure it's very interactive and not too big. They let you bring in your own lunch too which is wonderful! They have a nice little splash pad also!

Juan Juarez

Awesome! Lots of fun and activities

Robin Strauss

Awesome place to visit with the grandkids!

Brittney Daun

Lots of fun for the kids, splash pad and an excavator site with hidden dinosaur bones. Some of the animals weren't available to be seen.