 Old Mill at Happy Hollow |
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| Location | 1300 Senter Rd San Jose, California, USA |
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| Memberships | AZA |
| Website | http://www.happyhollowparkandzoo.org/ |
Happy Hollow Park & Zoo is a small zoo and young child-oriented amusement park in Kelley Park in San Jose, California, USA that attracts over 360,000 visitors a year. The zoo section of the park includes only a few animals, but many of those are rare and endangered species such as lemurs, parma wallabies, and a jaguar. The animal contact area of the zoo includes a zebu, a donkey, miniature horses, and pygmy goats. They also have a very popular guinea pig area.
The amusement park includes many motorized rides that only operate part-time, as well as other attractions, such as a house of mirrors and a maze play area, that can be enjoyed anytime the park gates are open. Features include an antique watermill that, in addition to displaying the mechanics of the mill, also houses newspaper clippings and pictures covering the park and zoo's history.
Happy Hollow Zoo and Park was designed in 1961 by a team of architects working for the city of San Jose. When it was opened they rode in the dragon ride from their office to Happy Hollow.
In 2000, voters approved Proposition P, the Parks Bond Act which allocated $52 million to the Happy Hollow for an update. The park has been closed since July 9, 2008. It is currently scheduled to reopen in March 2010.
It was home of Tarik the bear, the primary voice of Chewbacca in the Star Wars movies, until he died in 1994.
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Coordinates: 37°19′32.45″N 121°51′43.4″W / 37.3256806°N 121.862056°W
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