Start from 16 curated places around Nebraska City, NE, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Timbers at Arbor Day Farm
The award-winning farm-to-table restaurant at Lied Lodge, plating local, seasonal cooking with sweeping views over Arbor Day Farm. It is the dress-up dinner in town, ingredient-led and set among the trees. A relaxed, scenic meal worth planning around.
Porter's at Arbor Day Farm
A casual barbecue spot at Arbor Day Farm turning out tender brisket and pulled pork alongside apple-cider slushies and apple pie from the orchard. It is the easy, family-friendly counterpoint to the lodge's dining room. Smoke and orchard sweets in one stop.
Trails & outdoors
Arbor Day Farm Trails
Miles of forested walking trails winding through Arbor Day Farm's 260 acres of orchards, woods and hazelnut groves. The paths are gentle and family-friendly, threading past the famous tree-top attractions. An easy, green ramble at the literal home of tree-planting.
Missouri River Overlook Trail
A short trail on the bluffs at the Lewis and Clark visitor center leading to an overlook above the wide Missouri. The brief walk earns a sweeping river view that the explorers themselves would recognize. An easy leg-stretcher with a payoff.
Things to do
Arbor Day Farm Tree Adventure
A family attraction at Arbor Day Farm built around a three-acre treetop village of elevated walkways and treehouses, plus a discovery ride and a forest marimba to play. It turns tree-planting heritage into hands-on fun for kids. The town's top family outing.
Kregel Windmill Factory Museum
A perfectly preserved early-1900s windmill factory left exactly as it was when the doors closed, machines, tools and order books frozen in place. It is a rare, eerie time capsule of small-town American industry. A genuine and unusual find for anyone curious about how things were made.
Landmarks & sights
Arbor Lodge State Historical Park
The 52-room mansion and arboretum of J. Sterling Morton, the man who founded Arbor Day, set in a park planted with hundreds of tree species. You can tour the grand Victorian house and wander an Italian terraced garden, a lilac collection and tree-lined trails. The leafy birthplace of a national holiday and the town's centerpiece.
Kimmel Orchard & Vineyard
A working orchard and vineyard where you can pick your own strawberries, cherries and peaches through the season and taste fruit wines with orchard views. It is a hands-on slice of Nebraska City's apple country, equal parts farm and tasting room. Best timed to whatever is ripe.