Benson's Wild Animal Farm

Benson's Wild Animal Farm Re-visit your past and delve into your memories. Even though Benson's Wild Animal Farm is no longer The park once had more land prior to closing in 1987.
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Benson Park is open 7 days a week, 365 days a year *FREE*

Benson's Wild Animal Farm(1927-1987) was a long-running private zoo and amusement park in Hudson, New Hampshire. It closed in 1987, after having been renamed New England Playworld for it's final year. Benson's Wild Animal Farm has reopened as " Benson Park " a 165.8 US acre passive recreational use municipal park in the Town of Hudson, NH

for free use to the public. Work is being done to rehabilitate the park's trails and remaining buildings, including the removal of invasive plant species and a regular police presence for public safety. The Old Lady in the Shoe, the Elephant Barn, Gorilla house and other structures are being repaired after decay and vandalism and being re-purposed. all request for groups/bus groups looking to visit Benson Park must now be submitted to the
Hudson NH Highway Department. http://www.hudsonnh.gov/departments/highway
Or call 886-6018 for more information regarding group usage request.

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12/20/2024

Shared with us by a fan.

Buttonwood Park Zoo is caring for Ruth the Asian elephant in her final days, and having to consider difficult end-of-life decisions.

Thank you for such an amazing open shoe(house), the shoe looks absolutely gorgeous after so much painstaking restoration...
09/18/2024

Thank you for such an amazing open shoe(house), the shoe looks absolutely gorgeous after so much painstaking restoration work.

09/07/2024
Thanks to the private volunteers and people who donated their time and money to restore this again.
09/07/2024

Thanks to the private volunteers and people who donated their time and money to restore this again.

The shoe has been beautifully painstakingly restored by very generous expert volunteers, please help keep it looks beaut...
09/07/2024

The shoe has been beautifully painstakingly restored by very generous expert volunteers, please help keep it looks beautiful into the future.

One more!
09/01/2024

One more!

Another link to Grand Opening Day photo albums
09/01/2024

Another link to Grand Opening Day photo albums

Go check out the Grand Opening Day celebration photo albums! There are well over 400 images to browse. It's 14 years thi...
09/01/2024

Go check out the Grand Opening Day celebration photo albums! There are well over 400 images to browse. It's 14 years this September.

12/19/2023

We're hoping all of our followers are safe after yesterday's flooding rains.

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19 Kimball Hill Rd
Hudson, NH
03051

Opening Hours

Monday 5am - 5pm
Tuesday 5am - 5pm
Wednesday 5am - 5pm
Thursday 5am - 7pm
Friday 5am - 7pm
Saturday 5am - 7pm
Sunday 5am - 7pm

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Benson Park is open 7 days a week, 365 days a year *FREE* Benson's Wild Animal Farm(1927-1987) was a long-running private zoo and amusement park in Hudson, New Hampshire. It closed in 1987, after having been renamed New England Playworld for it's final year. Benson's Wild Animal Farm has reopened as " Benson Park " a 165.8 US acre passive recreational use municipal park in the Town of Hudson, NH for free use to the public. The park once had more land prior to closing in 1987. Work is being done to rehabilitate the park's trails and remaining buildings, including the removal of invasive plant species and a regular police presence for public safety. The Old Lady in the Shoe, the Elephant Barn, Gorilla house and other structures are being repaired after decay and vandalism and being re-purposed. all request for groups/bus groups looking to visit Benson Park must now be submitted to the Hudson NH Public Works Department.http://www.hudsonnh.gov/docs/ben/ben-Usage-Form.pdf Or call 886-6018 for more information regarding group usage request.

In 2017 voters approved the process to retrofit the back empty storage area of the former Gorilla house into permanent park public bathrooms, in 2018 the process concluded with a contractor being chosen and approved by the Hudson NH Board of Selectmen as recommended by the Benson Park Advisory Committee. The new bathroom facilities are planned to open Memorial day Summer 2019.

After a short delay the p***c bathrooms in the renovated gorilla house space officially opened the 12th of June 2019 an will be open seasonally park during park hours.