Lonesome Dove Drive-Thru Safari & Sanctuary

09/24/2025

Closed today due to inclement weather. We hope to see you soon!

09/18/2025

We will be closing early today due to a family engagement. We apologize for any inconvenience. The gates will close at 4 PM

09/14/2025

09/01/2025

Happy Labor Day!

The park will be open our standard hours of
10:30-4:30 today. The train will be running and operating every hour on the hour. Come on out and enjoy our drive-through, petting and walk-through zoo, are amazing animals inside of the gift shop some of which are parots, monkeys, reptiles and more!!

Located at 1782 N. US Highway 59 in Jefferson, Texas. We hope to see you soon. Please have a safe and blessed Labor Day.

08/29/2025

Closed for the day 8/29 due to the inclement weather ⛈️

08/11/2025

Closing on Mondays for now….open Tuesday-Sunday
10:30-4:30 last car in!

08/03/2025

It’s never too early to start shopping for our annual …..
🐈‍⬛👻💀🧛🏻‍♂️FALL FEST!!!🍁🎃🤡🧟‍♀️!!!!!!

This second annual Fall Fest and Fright Train are sure to be a scream! Daytime rides will not include live actors but nighttime will have two versions: children’s fright train and the adult jump scare will be the last rides of the night!

So mark your calendars……OCTOBER will
be here before we know it!
🎃🎃👻👻🤡🤡🧛🏻‍♂️🧛🏻‍♂️🧟‍♀️🧟‍♀️💀💀🍁🍁

08/02/2025

We’ve had a busy week this week.

Mobile Zoo to You events and new babies! There is always something fun, exciting and educational happening here at Lonesome Dove Drive Thru Safari and Sanctuary.

Open seven days a week currently- weather permitting- 10:30-4:30
(last car in).

1782 N US Hwy 59
Jefferson, Texas 75657

07/31/2025

🐍🦜🐢🦎ASK US ABOUT OUR MOBILE ZOO TO YOU EVENTS!🦎🐢🦜🐍

We have the car packed with some of our most exotic gift shop animals and we are headed to Marshall to our second annual mobile zoo to you with Marshalls Best Kids summer camp! 

If you are looking for something for a birthday party, church gathering or school event, our mobile zoo to you event is one of the easiest ways for you to see exotic, amazing and certainly colorful animals in your own comfort! Message the Page directly or you may text us at our phone number on our page for more details.

We hope everyone is having a safe and enjoyable summer break And look for details. Coming soon about lonesome Dobbs new splatter room! Details will be announced soon.

07/04/2025

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸What better way to spend this Independence Day than at Lonesome Dove Drive-Thru Safari!❤️🤍💙

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸As a way to honor our military members, both active and retired, we are offering a 50% discount on tickets for Friday, July 4th to any military member with proper ID presented upon checkin.
❤️🤍💙

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 So load up the family and friends and come and visit hundreds of animals in our drive thru, petting and walk thru zoo, as well as all of the animals in the gift shop such as our squirrel monkeys, rescue parrots, rescue tortoises, and reptiles. While there you can even meet our baby kangaroo, Sid, or our nunerous rescue toetoises at no addtional charge.❤️🤍💙

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸We are located at 1782 N. US Highway 59 in Jefferson, Texas. For this Friday’s holiday our hours will be 10 until 4 PM with the last car in. ❤️🤍💙

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸We highly encourage you to hang around and visit downtown Jefferson once done at the park where we put on an amazing free fireworks display. You can find more information about that under Jefferson Salutes America whixh I have included a screenshot of that information in the comments.❤️🤍💙

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Come and take part in the children’s bike parade starting around six at Ostott Park, indulge yourself in the cake auction, face painting, duck races, children’s games and much more until the fireworks start that evening. It truly is a Norman Rockwell 4th of July here. ❤️🤍💙

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸If you have any questions regarding our hours of operation or pricing here at Lonesome Dove, please send us a direct message to 903-665-0053. Once you have paid for admission, you are here until you choose otherwise. You are allowed countless drives through our Safari as well as interactions in the other mentioned attractions. So come and make Jefferson an all day affair! We look forward to seeing you soon. ❤️🤍💙

🇺🇸❤️🤍💙And HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY from us to you!🇺🇸❤️🤍💙

Also, be watching for new information on our page about our new Splatter Room coming to the park very soon!! It’s going to be a blast!!

06/12/2025

📣📣📣CLOSED TODAY📣📣📣

The park will remain closed today due to ongoing thunderstorms and expectedț heavy rain in the area. Please check back with us tommorow for hours of operation for the weekend.

Thank you and stay safe.