Morton Arboretum and Children's Garden

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Morton Arboretum and Children's Garden

Photo: Patrick Pelletier · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

🌷 Garden · Lisle

3 hours · $$ · Check website for reservations

age fit
0–1 yr
★ 5.0
1–3 yrs
★ 5.0
3–5 yrs
★ 5.0
5–10 yrs
★ 5.0
  • 🚗
    About 15 min drive
    From Naperville · Parking: Parking included with admission; the big visitor center lot has a line after 10am on fall weekends
  • 🍼
    Stroller-friendly
    Flat surfaces — bring the stroller
  • 🌳
    Lots of shade
    Great on sunny days · Good on cool days · Handles heat
  • ⏱️
    Typical visit: 3 hours
    Best seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall

A 1,700-acre arboretum whose 4-acre Children's Garden has treehouses, streams, log bridges, and giant climbable acorns, with a lookout platform in the middle of the Maze Garden; drive the 9-mile loop and stop anywhere for a walk, and the fall maples are the best in the western suburbs.

💡 Tips
Admission is about $17–20/adult, a little less for kids, free under 1 (check the website; holidays cost more); a membership pays off fast for western-suburb families. Bring a change of clothes for the Children's Garden water area in summer. The Illumination light show runs in winter.

What this place offers

✓children's garden
✓maze
✓woodland trails
✓driving loop
✓fall color
✓coffee
✓restrooms

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This weekend's weather in Lisle

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Sat 10/17
Sunny · 35–55°F · 1% rain
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Sun 10/18
Sunny · 42–60°F · 0% rain

Location

Lisle, Illinois

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