Fort Collins - Timnath, Colorado - Folk Art: Swetsville Zoo

Field Report by the Roadsideamerica.com Team

Address:
4801 E. Harmony Road, Fort Collins - Timnath, CO [Show Map]
Directions:
I-25 Exit 265, south of Ft. Collins on Harmony Road east, Timnath, right by side of highway.
Admission:
Free, donation.
Phone:
970-484-9509
Add to My Sights | Show My Sights
Swetsville Zoo. Fort Collins - Timnath, Colorado - Folk Art: Swetsville Zoo
Meet Bill Swets, zookeeper of a metal menagerie. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

Visitor Tips and News About Folk Art: Swetsville Zoo

Following are Folk Art: Swetsville Zoo reports and tips that were sent in by RoadsideAmerica.com visitors like you, as well as news stories about the attraction. Submit your own tip or update. Some tips may not be verified -- please contact attraction for current hours and admission prices.

Fort Collins - Timnath, Colorado - Swetsville Zoo - The Bungled Jungle

Bungle in the Jungle [exhibit] is no longer part of Swetsville Zoo. It moved about three years ago to Salida, Colorado. It was replaced by a business that sold fountains, but that didn't last long. Bungle in the Jungle, 132 West 1st Street, Salida, CO. [Rick, 03/26/2007]

[RA: September 2008: Emily and Brian report that the rest of the Swetsville Zoo is intact in Fort Collins.]

Fort Collins - Timnath, Colorado - Swetsville Zoo

It was inundated by the major flood that hit the Poudre River, but has survived. The train around the cornfied -- not associated with the zoo, but a separate entity, is now, alas, gone. The track was pulled at least a year ago. [Norm Ritchie, 06/05/1999]

[RA: Bill Swets' Swetsville Zoo features 70 sculptures, including dinosaurs, flowers, animals and windmills constructed of car parts, farm machinery, and scrap metal. Located 1/4 mile E of I-25 on Harmony Road.]

Fort Collins - Timnath, Colorado - Swetsville Zoo

Outside of Fort Collins in Colorado, there is an old farming family that has taken old metal farming implements and welded them together into whimsical creatures LARGE and small, placing them all over their farmyard and along the river bank. It is all free of charge and has a muppet-like whimsy.

There is a train ride circling a corn field, and a large outbuilding has several glassed in rooms filled with fantasy scenes. I promise you this is a fun place. (Fort Collins is 50 miles north of metro Denver) [Jan Franzen, 01/08/1997]

[RA: Sounds like the fabulous Swetsville Zoo. We enjoyed the indoor dioramas -- "The Bungled Jungle" - of space aliens, animals, and humans in fantastic poses. One scene shows a man-sized rat reading the paper while a dog-sized fly (the rat's pet, "Fly-do") eats from a dog dish. Some of the sculptures outside resemble futuristic race cars and day-glo space ships.]

Nearby Offbeat Places

Latest Tips Across Roadside America

Catch up on the latest discoveries from the road.

Explore Thousands of Oddball Tourist Attractions!

Unique destinations in the US and Canada are our special obsession. Start here.
Use RoadsideAmerica.com's Attraction Maps to plan your next road trip.

My Sights

Create Your Own Bizarre Road Trips!

Try My Sights

Colorado Latest Tips and Stories

Latest Visitor Tips

Sight of the Week

Sight of the Week

SPAM Museum, Austin, MN [Nov 17-23, 2008]

SotW Archive

USA and Canada Tips and Stories

Latest Visitor Tips

Take Our Poll

sightings. Arrives without warning. Leaves no burn marks. A free newsletter from RoadsideAmerica.com. Subscribe now!
RoadsideAmerica.com Hotel & Motel Finder

Special online rates for hotels & motels.

Book Online Now