Calling all animal lovers! Check out our list of places where you can get up close & personal with a variety of animals in & around the Charlotte area – 

Carolina Raptor Center – 6000 Sample Rd. (Huntersville, NC) 

Cotton Bean Farms – 29631 Herrin Grove Rd. (Mount Pleasant, NC) 

Catawba Science Center – 243 3rd Ave. NE (Hickory, NC) 

Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm at Anne Springs Greenway – 2573 Lake Haigler Dr. (Fort Mill, SC) 

Darby Acres Farm & Safari – 9395 Hutchinson Ln (Charlotte, NC) 

Good Karma Ranch – 1041 Brevard Place Rd. (Iron Station, NC) 

Juneberry Ridge – 40120 Old Cottonville Rd (Norwood, NC) 

The Hunter Farm – 13624 Providence Rd (Weddington, NC) 

Lazy 5 Ranch – 15100 Mooresville Rd. (Mooresville, NC) 

Rescue Ranch – 1424 Turnersburg Hwy. (Statesville, NC) 

Rowan Wildlife Adventures – 6800 Bringle Ferry Rd. (Salisbury, NC) 

Schiele Museum Farm Friends – 1500 East Garrison Blvd. (Gastonia, NC) 

Sea Life Aquarium – 8111 Concord Mills Blvd. (Concord, NC) 

SonRidge Farm – 246 Wright Rd. (Kings Mountain, NC) 

Sweetwater Farms – 14412 Beatties Ford Rd. (Huntersville, NC) 

Tiger World – 4400 Cook Rd. (Rockwell, NC) 

Two Little Acres Homestead – 15024 Thomas Rd. (Charlotte, NC) 

Winghaven Garden & Bird Sanctuary – 260 Ridgewood Ave. (Charlotte, NC) 

Zootastic Park – 448 Pilch Rd. (Troutman, NC)