Blandford Nature Center is located on Hillburn Ave. just off of Leonard. Blandford Nature Center currently has over a 140 beautiful acres for you and your family to explore. Blanford Nature Center has beautiful wooded trails that take you through different sceneries such as wildlife in cages, seasonal ponds, raised boardwalks, winding creeks, beautiful wild fields and more. Some of the wildlife you can expect to see at Blandford Nature Center includes dear, birds of prey, ducks, geese, snakes, frogs, toads, honeybees, large spiders, chipmunks, squirrels, owls, and a bobcat! Blanford Nature Center’s grounds are open all year everyday until nightfall. Blanford Nature Center is home to some antique buildings including an old schoolhouse, an old barn, an old log cabin, a sugar shack for making maple syrup, a gift shop, a blacksmiths shop and more.
Please call ahead to check on exhibit times of operation.
Blanford Nature Center has a famous annual pancake breakfast featuring their own maple syrup. The maple syrup is made right on the Blanford Nature trail and reduced to perfection in the sugar shack building.
http://blandfordnaturecenter.org/events
Blandford Nature Center
1715 Hillburn Ave. NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
616-735-6240
Visitor Center:
Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm and
Sat 12pm - 5pm
General Store:
Mon - Fri 10am - 4pm
Sat 12 - 5pm
Trails: Open everyday dawn to dusk
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