Covering over 72 beautiful and landscaped acres (29.14 hectares), Leila Arboretum is located on Michigan Avenue of Battle Creek, MI. The arboretum incorporates great many attractions like a museum, flower and vegetable gardens, a peace labyrinth and Children's Garden. Named after Leila Post Montgomery, who donated the land to the city, Leila Arboretum hosts several cultural events, educational programs and such that facilitate the best outdoor learning and activities that benefit the youngest members of the community. There are trails, there are horticulture workshops, walking and racing tracks - all in all, this is a place where your little ones can learn while have fun outdoors. Although there are no admission charges, rentals and the programs featured here often require fees.
Website: facebook.com
Phone: (269) 969-0270
Cross Streets: Near the intersection of W Michigan Ave and Limit St
Open now
- Mon 6:00 AM - 5:00 PM
928 Michigan Ave W Battle Creek, MI 49037-2068 ·426.93 mi
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Amenities
- Family friendly
Reviews
tripadvisorFantasy Forest is pure creativity — the carved tree sculptures make you feel like you’ve stepped into a fairytale. It’s quiet, free, and close to everything in town. I actually found this gem while heading to my dentist in Battle Creek. Totally worth a visit!
Morewould be very beautiful had it not been over grown needing some landscape work the grass was above knee level the benches looked so worn as if they will break if sat on i was disappointed with the upkeep
MoreWhat a fabulous place to have an event! We held Pumpkinfest 2021 there in October and had a wonderful experience. The staff was very helpful, the Children's Garden was a great spot to decorate and the Fantasy Forest and main stage were perfect for a pie eating contest and costume judging! Thank you for a great collaboration!
MoreWe stopped here to walk the trails while visiting Battle Creek for the day. There are paved roads and trails, as well as forest trails (although much of what we saw appeared to be in place for the Disc Golf course within). We enjoyed the great variety of trees, lightly swaying in the breeze!! While we didn't check out some of the more kid-friendly sites (Fantasy Forest, Kaleidoscope Garden), there were plenty of families enjoying themselves. Numerous photo-friendly sites within the park as well as picnic tables. Wish the Arboretum website had a Map link on its homepage (didn't see the map on the Disc Golf page until after our visit) so we could have printed it ahead of our visit.
MoreI took my kiddos here to walk around & they really enjoyed it. The tree carvings were pretty neat, they loved seeing those. We walked the trails and checked out the children’s garden. The children’s area isn’t huge, but it’s full of fun stuff and my kids gave it a big thumbs up. Also, for social distancing right now...there were not many people here and the people that were there were very, very spaced out. Had the children’s area entirely to ourselves also!
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