Battle Park is a 93 acre tract of Piedmont forest adjacent to UNC-Chapel Hill and includes historic Forest Theatre. It is managed by North Carolina Botanical Garden, a department of UNC Chapel Hill.
The park is named for Kemp Plummer Battle, president of UNC from 1876 to 1891, who laid out the original trail system and spent many happy and contemplative hours within the forest.
Although not a pristine forest, much of the 93-acre Battle Park consists of forest that predates European settlement in the area (1740). On July 1, 2004, at the request of James Moeser, Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the North Carolina Botanical Garden assumed responsibility for Battle Park. The Garden will be working to restore the trails with funding supplied by the University. We will also be developing university and public educational programs for this important tract.
The NC Botanical Garden's guiding mission is to inspire understanding, appreciation, and conservation of plants in gardens and natural areas and to advance a sustainable relationship between people and nature.
