Arbor Day

The Department of Parks, Recreation and Public Lands (PRPL) manages the City’s Parks and Recreation System. Residents and visitors are offered approximately 2,704 acres (approximately 4 square miles) of parkland that includes: 171 Park Areas, 39 playgrounds, 26 restrooms, 29 basketball courts, 19 tennis courts, 29 park shelters, 66 horseshoe pits, over 100 athletic fields (soccer, baseball and softball), 6 neighborhood centers, 43 miles of paved multi-use trails, 3 cemeteries in two locations, 2 outdoor pools, 2 wading pools, 4 spray parks, 1 dog park, batting cage facility, Par 3 golf course (operated by the Exchange City Golf Corporation), and a minor league baseball stadium. We also offer over 143 unique recreation programs for all ages year round. 

Join Parks and Recreation Department Department for our Annual Arbor Day Celebration! Our Parks are home to over 10,000 trees! We understand the importance and benefits that trees provide to our park users and community as a whole. From providing shade to storm water management, urban temperature regulation to increasing property values, trees have a larger impact on our everyday lives than we often recognize. 

This year, we will be holding our Arbor Day Celebration at Centennial Park on Thursday, May 4th. The event will consist of tree planting, educational booths for fourth graders in Billings, and the official planting of the Arbor Day Tree!