Niles Attractions
European visitors arrived in the area over 300 years ago and wrote about the hospitality of the natives. The flags of France, England, Spain and the United States have flown over this region thus the name City of Four Flags.
Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve
Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve is a 105-acre nature preserve with surrounding gardens, a railway garden, woodland trails and tallgrass prairie. The visitor center includes gallery shows, exhibits and a fern conservatory.
All values are in United States Dollars
Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve
13988 Range Line Road
Niles, MI 49120-9020
United States
13988 Range Line Road
Niles, MI 49120-9020
United States
Phone 1 (269) 695-6491
Fax 1 (269) 695-6688
Hours
May 1 to October 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 12:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
November 1 to April 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 12:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November )
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
New Year's Eve (December 31)
Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
Easter - Christian (Apr 08)
Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November )
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
New Year's Eve (December 31)
Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
Easter - Christian (Apr 08)
| Adult | $ 7.00 |
| Senior over 65 | $ 5.00 |
| Child 18 & under | $ 4.00 |
| Child 12 & under | $ 3.00 |
| Child 5 & under | FREE |
Facilities
Gift shop
Restaurant or food service
Restaurant or food service
Fort St Joseph Museum
The carriage and boiler houses of the Henry A. Chapin home were joined together and remodeled to form the Fort St Joseph Museum. The Chapin mansion was built in 1882.
The Museum has a wide variety of collections that range from the town's beginning in 1691 to the story of the Underground Railroad to pictographs drawn by Chief Sitting Bull.
The Museum has a wide variety of collections that range from the town's beginning in 1691 to the story of the Underground Railroad to pictographs drawn by Chief Sitting Bull.
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | Closed |
| Close | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 15:00 |
Facilities
Gift shop
