The Central Coast Zoo

(Formerly Charles Paddock Zoo)

The Central Coast Zoo (formerly Charles Paddock Zoo) is home to about a hundred species of animals found around the world, where they live in our beautiful wooded Lake Park in Atascadero, California.  We are the only zoo in the Central Coast accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), the gold standard for zoos ensuring the highest level of animal welfare.  As part of AZA, our animals are part of globally managed conservation programs to preserve species and their wild habitats.  We hope you will come and relax, learn, and enjoy our animals in a safe and respectful environment, and have fun in our beautiful park with play equipment, lawns, walking pathways and a lake with paddleboats.  We hope to see you soon!