Zoo Camps and Programs

Afternoon Workshops & Sleepovers
Specially designed programs for Girls Scouts, Boy Scouts, Campfire Clubs, church groups and other organizations that want a fun-filled adventure at the zoo. Click here for more information.

Birthday Parties
Celebrate your next birthday at the Good Zoo and leave the fuss to us! Click here for more information.

Pre-School Programs
Join the educators at the Good Zoo for fun-filled pre-school programs, designed for a child and adult to interact together and explore nature! Click for preschool class information and for a registration form.

Workshops for Individual Scouts
If you cannot get your troop together for a workshop program at the zoo, here is an opportunity for your girls to attend workshops individually. These fun, educational programs are designed to help Scouts earn their try-its, patches and interest projects. Each program includes: Zoo admission, guided zoo tour, train ride (seasonal-weather/facilities permitting), live animal presentation, booklet, workshop materials, and a zoo patch. Participants will also be treated to a pizza lunch and ice cream snack!

Camps
The zoo education department offers a variety of seasonal programs for children ages 4 to 16. Pre-registration is required. Please Click here for a PDF of the available classes, which includes a registration form. After completing the form, you can mail or fax to 304-243-4110.

Field Trips & Teacher Programs
Looking for a hands-on adventure for your students? Then the zoo is for you! The Good Zoo provides unique opportunities for student involvement whether it's seeing the Big Dipper in the Benedum Planetarium or touching a llama or looking at tiny creatures through a microscope. Click here to download a PDF of the available programs.

Horse Camps
Gather around the campfire all you cowboys and cowgirls! Join us over at the Oglebay Stables for a week of great fun. Click here to visit the Oglebay Stables web page, where you will find camp descriptions and registration forms.