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Adventure Solar Daytime Celebrates Forty Years Of Caspers Wilderness Park

SPEND H5N1 DAY OF ADVENTURE AT CASPERS WILDERNESS PARK
Adventure Day Celebrates The 40th Anniversary Of Caspers Wilderness Park

(San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) – OC Parks presents the annual Adventure Day at Caspers Wilderness Park inward San Juan Capistrano on Saturday, Apr five from 10 a.m. to iii p.m. The upshot celebrates the 40thanniversary of Caspers Wilderness Park as well as invites guests to taste a twenty-four hours of opportunity inward the nifty outdoors amongst natural history tours, wild fauna exhibits, musical entertainment, arts as well as crafts, games as well as refreshments.

Caspers Adventure Day volition host wildlife-inspired games of ring-toss, cowboy lasso, a scavenger hunt as well as storytelling. Educational programs as well as interactive experiences include learning almost bugs, raptors, conservation, navigation, Native Americans as well as the rich history of Orange County. Participating vendors include Irvine Ranch Conservancy, OC Bird of Prey Center, Cleveland National Forest, Caspers Park Foundation as well as Sierra Club. Guests tin participate inward a raffle to win a cycle donated yesteryear Buy My Bikes. Country Americana group, Moonsville Collective volition render the musical amusement for this particular event.

Caspers Adventure Day admission is liberate as well as adults as well as children of all ages are encouraged to attend as well as participate inward the fun. Caspers Wilderness Park volition move extending costless parking to all attendees for this particular day. Let the adventures begin!

Caspers Adventure Day
Date: Saturday, Apr 5, 10 a.m. – iii p.m.
Event Fee: FREE Parking Fee: FREE
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Contact: (949) 923-2210

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Oc Parks May 2017 Calendar Of Events

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Here are some highlights from the OC Parks May Calendar of events, if y'all are looking for hiking ideas or other outdoor events this month, brand certain to banking concern check out some of these corking events!

OC Parks MAY 2017 calendar of events

May 4 – Fitness Hike at Canyon View  
8:30 – eleven a.m.
Raise your pump charge per unit of measurement as well as your spirits on this strenuous, moderately paced, 6-mile hike over steep as well as uneven terrain (400-ft tiptop gain) amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Aliso as well as Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Website: www.ocparks.com/aliso
Cost: Free     
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2200
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen as well as up. Registration is required, sign upward online: www.eventbrite.com/fitnesshike . Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area: Begin at Wood Canyon Trail off Canyon Vistas inward Aliso Viejo. From Pacific Park/Canyon Vistas intersection, choke Northwest on Canyon Vistas. Park legally (note street signs) on or close Canyon Vistas, preferably betwixt Coastal Oak as well as Madia (22100 portion of Canyon Vistas). Wood Canyon Trail starts every bit a paved sidewalk betwixt a neighborhood common as well as tree-lined easement, hence becomes dirt trail into the canyon.

May 6 – First Sabbatum of the Month Morning Hike To The Redwood Grove  
8:30 – 10 a.m.
Join OC Parks' trained staff on the start Sabbatum of the calendar month for an slow 1.1-mile early on morn interpretive hike to the park's Coastal Redwood grove. You volition usage your five senses to engage amongst nature every bit y'all stroll to the Redwoods. You volition also accept an chance to acquire almost our native plants along the trail. The hike begins at 8:30 a.m. from the park's Nature Center.
Location: Carbon Canyon Regional Park. 4442 Carbon Canyon Road, Brea, CA 92823 
Cost: Free     
Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-3160
Special Instructions: All ages welcome. Small children may accept to live carried. To register, delight telephone phone (714) 973-3160 or electronic mail carboncanyon@ocparks.com. Meet at Nature Center located at E halt of park. Participants should scream back water, sunscreen, lid as well as hiking shoes. Rain volition cancel hike.

May 6, 13, 20, 27 – Walk amongst a Naturalist
9 a.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Join O'Neill Regional Park naturalists as well as acquire almost the animals as well as nature of Trabuco Canyon. This volition live a low-cal to moderate walk on generally paved roads.
Location: O’Neill Regional Park. 30892 Trabuco Canyon Road, Trabuco Canyon, CA 92678
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/oneill
Cost: Free    
Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2260
Special Instructions: All ages welcome. Event is conditional to weather.

May half-dozen – Caspers Park Foundation Monthly Meeting
9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Caspers Park Foundation host their monthly coming together inward the Caspers Wilderness Park Nature Center. Please bring together them for an interactive talk with a especial guest.
Location: Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Website: www.ocparks.com/caspers
Cost: Free
Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: All ages are welcome. For to a greater extent than data delight contact the common usage at (949) 923-2210.

May half-dozen – Bear Awareness Day
10 a.m. – iii p.m.
Come acquire to a greater extent than almost bears as well as accept fun at the OC Zoo! Activities include comport crafts for kids, especial zookeeper chats almost bears, as well as a learning station where y'all tin forcefulness out detect out to a greater extent than almost comport conservations, as well as research, how to "bear-proof" camping, sites, as well as what to practice if y'all see a bear.
Location: Orange County Zoo. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869.
Website: www.ocparks.com/zoo
Cost: Free amongst Zoo Admission
Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6846
Special Instructions: Reservations are non needed. Activities are complimentary amongst zoo admission. Zoo Admission is $2 per mortal ages iii years as well as over; Ages ii years as well as nether are free. For to a greater extent than data delight contact Marcy Crede-Booth at (714) 973-6846.

May half-dozen – Rancho Days Fiesta
11 a.m. – iii p.m.
Come explore the rich history of Orange County's Ranchos as well as Native American tribes! Visitors volition sense the yesteryear through music, dance, crafts, as well as first-person presentations.  All of the historic buildings volition live opened upward for tours, courtesy of the Amigos de la Colina Docents.
Location: Heritage Hill Historical Park, 25151 Serrano Road, Lake Forest, CA 92630-2534
Website: www.ocparks.com/heritage
Cost: $5 per mortal ages iii as well as over. Under iii is free.   
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2230
Special Instructions: All ages welcome. For to a greater extent than data visit: www.ocparks.com/ranchodaysfiesta.

May half-dozen – Volunteer Led Hike
12 – 1 p.m.
Join Caspers Park Foundation Volunteers for a 1-mile guided nature hike inward the beautiful Bell Canyon expanse of Caspers Wilderness Park. Hike lasts unopen to 1 hr as well as is suitable for all ages.
Location: Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Website: www.ocparks.com/caspers
Cost: Free    
Parking: $5 per vehicle (day usage fee)
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: Contact common usage for hike updates. Meet at the Old Corral Day Use Area- side yesteryear side to restrooms. Please contact common usage for hike updates as well as cancellations.

May 7, 14, 21, 28 – Ranger Led Hike
8 – 9:15 a.m.
Join the Park Ranger for a 1-mile nature hike inward the beautiful Bell Canyon expanse of Caspers Wilderness Park. Hike lasts unopen to 1 hr as well as is suitable for all ages.
Location: Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Website: www.ocparks.com/caspers
Cost: Free    
Parking: $5 per vehicle (day usage fee)
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: Meet at the Old Corral Day Use Area. Contact common usage for hike updates.

May 7 – Discovery Hike
8:30 – eleven a.m.
Join our common volunteer as well as discovery novel plants as well as animals as well as acquire almost the geologic features of Santiago Oaks Park. Learn almost the interesting history of the common as well as the side yesteryear side Santa Ana Mountains. There volition live a brusk introduction at the Park's Nature Center followed yesteryear an slow paced hike unopen to 1.75 miles.
Location: Santiago Oaks Regional Park. 2145 N. Windes Drive, Orange, CA 92869
Cost: Free     
Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714)-973-6620
Special Instructions: Ages 12 as well as up. Space is limited, registration is required, sign upward online: www.letsgooutside.org/activities

May 9– California Native Plants as well as Uses
8:30 – eleven a.m.
Learn almost the many fascinating uses of California native plants during the pre-mission period, on this 2-mile hike (490-ft. tiptop gain) over steep as well as uneven terrain. This hike volition focus on plants used historically for tools, nutrient as well as edifice materials.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road,
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast
Cost: Free   
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages 12 as well as up. Registration is required, sign upward online: www.eventbrite.com/californianative. Bring hiking poles if y'all usage them. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, James Dilley Preserve (I-5 or 405 southward to 133 southward to stoplight at 73 toll road; brand a U-turn, choke 1 block. Dilley is on the right.)


May 10– Yoga Hike
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Stretch your hear as well as torso on this 2.4-mile hike amongst a yoga twist over steep as well as uneven terrain (100-ft. tiptop gain) led yesteryear Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers. Please convey a towel as well as H2O – yoga mat optional.
Location: Aliso as well as Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Website: www.ocparks.com/aliso
Cost: Free    
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages 12 as well as up. Registration is required, sign upward online: www.eventbrite.com/yogahike . Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area: Begin at Wood Canyon Trail off Canyon Vistas inward Aliso Viejo. From Pacific Park/Canyon Vistas intersection, choke Northwest on Canyon Vistas. Park legally (note street signs) on or close Canyon Vistas, preferably betwixt Coastal Oak as well as Madia (22100 portion of Canyon Vistas). Wood Canyon Trail starts every bit a paved sidewalk betwixt a neighborhood common as well as tree-lined easement, hence becomes dirt trail into the canyon. Hike leaders as well as participants volition run into at the halt of the paved sidewalk, entering the canyon.

May 11 – Fitness Hike at Dilley
8:30 – eleven a.m.
Raise your pump charge per unit of measurement as well as your spirits on this strenuous, fast-paced, 5.5-mile hike over steep as well as uneven terrain (900-ft. tiptop gain) amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: Free     
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen as well as up. Registration is required, sign upward online: www.eventbrite.com/fitnesshike Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, James Dilley Preserve (I-5 or 405 southward to 133 southward to stoplight at 73 toll road; brand a U-turn, choke 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone phone (949) 497-8321 Mon-Fri or (949) 923-2200 Sat-Sun.

May xiii – Long Distance Hiking
8 – eleven a.m.
Explore the beauty as well as diversity Bommer Ridge as well as Emerald Canyon inward the backcountry of the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. This volition live a strenuous, 7.2-mile hike (1000-ft. tiptop gain) over rocky, steep, as well as uneven terrain. We volition hike through sycamore as well as oak woodlands, coastal sage scrub, as well as along ridges amongst beautiful vistas. 
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road,
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast
Cost: Free   
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen as well as up. Participants should live gibe as well as able to hike long distances. Registration is required, sign upward online:www.eventbrite.com/longdistance. For your security as well as comfort convey 2-3 liters of water, a hat, a hearty snack as well as proper hiking shoes. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, James Dilley Preserve (I-5 or 405 southward to 133 southward to stoplight at 73 toll road; brand a U-turn, choke 1 block. Dilley is on the right.)

May xiii – Blessing of the Graves
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Ceremonies amongst household unit of measurement members of those buried at the cemetery.
Location: Historic Yorba Cemetery, Woodgate Park, Yorba Linda, CA 92886
Website: www.ocparks.com/yorbacemetery
Cost: Free   
Parking: Free
Contact: (714) 973-3190

May fourteen – Second Sunday’s Restoration Program
9 – 11:30 a.m.
Join save staff as well as other volunteers inward enhancing Upper Newport Bay's habitat for local wildlife. Activities may include non-native establish removal, planting natives, watering, trash removal as well as garden maintenance.
Location: Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve. 2301 University Drive Newport Beach, CA 92660
Website: www.ocparks.com/newport
Cost: Free   
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Minors aged sixteen as well as younger must accept legal guardian introduce at all times. Water as well as tools are provided. Registration is required, sign upward online: www.letsgooutside.org/activities. Rain cancels event.

May xviii – Fitness Hike
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Raise your pump charge per unit of measurement as well as your spirits on this difficult, strenuous as well as fast-paced, 4.8-mile hike (400-ft. tiptop gain) over rattling steep, uneven terrain amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers. 
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast
Cost: Free   
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen as well as up. Registration is required, sign upward online: www.eventbrite.com/fitnesshike. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, unopen to 3.5 miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone phone (949)-497-8324 Mon-Fri or (949)-923-2200 Sat-Sun.

May 20 – Keep It Wild Volunteer Day
8 – eleven a.m.
Join OC Parks as well as the Laguna Canyon Foundation for a morn of invigorating habitat restoration function inward Aliso as well as Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. Help us practice a healthier habitat for the native plants as well as wild fauna that telephone phone the canyon their home. Depending on the fourth dimension of twelvemonth volunteers volition assistance amongst various restoration activities including removal of non-native plants, seed collection and/or planting of native plants.
Location: Aliso as well as Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Website: www.ocparks.com/aliso
Cost: Free    
Parking: Free for Keep It Wild volunteers
Contact: (949) 923-2200
Special Instructions: Registration is required, sign upward online: www.eventbrite.com/keepitwild. No sense is necessary as well as all tools volition live provided. Please wearable closed toe shoes, Sun protection as well as convey water. Come out as well as bring together the squad to assist restore the wild lands nosotros all enjoy! Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park Ranger Headquarters, 28373 Alicia Pkwy (from southbound Aliso Creek Road, plow correct on Alicia Parkway, start correct on Awma Road, hence left into parking lot).

May 20 – Keep It Wild Volunteer Day
8 – eleven a.m.
Join OC Parks as well as the Laguna Canyon Foundation for a morn of invigorating habitat restoration function inward Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. Help us practice a healthier habitat for the native plants as well as wild fauna that telephone phone the canyon their home. Depending on the fourth dimension of twelvemonth volunteers volition assistance amongst various restoration activities including removal of non-native plants, seed collection and/or planting of native plants.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road 
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: Free     
Parking: Free for Keep It Wild volunteers
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Registration is required, sign upward online: www.eventbrite.com/keepitwild. No sense is necessary as well as all tools volition live provided. Please wearable closed toe shoes, Sun protection as well as convey water. Come out as well as bring together the squad to assist restore the wild lands nosotros all enjoy! Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, unopen to 3.5 miles southward of I-5/405).

May 20 – Geology Hike
1– 4 p.m.
Step dorsum 25 1 thou 1000 years inward Orange County's history to a fourth dimension when the seas receded as well as the San Andreas Fault was only starting to form. With a Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist, discovery the geologic processes going on today as well as how they impact the natural landscape. This moderate 3-mile hike is over uneven, steep as well as sometimes rocky terrain amongst a 300-ft tiptop gain.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road 
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: Free     
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: For ages 10 as well as up. Registration is required, sign upward online: www.eventbrite.com/geologyhike. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, James Dilley Preserve (I-5 or 405 southward to 133 southward to stoplight at 73 toll road; as well as brand a U-turn, choke 1 block. Dilley is on the right.)

May 20 – The Costumes of Helena Modjeska
1 – iii p.m.
In collaboration amongst Arden, Danielle Nieves, a University of California graduate pupil inward Costume Design, volition live presenting on Helena Modjeska's costumes as well as their lasting impact. Modjeska’s innovative costumes influenced both populace fashion as well as phase design, helping to cement her identify every bit 1 of the most major phase icons of the 19th century.  Please bring together us at Arden for a presentation as well as walk through every bit nosotros explore Modjeska’s career inward costuming.
Location: Helena Modjeska Historic House as well as Gardens, 29042 Modjeska Canyon Road, Modjeska Canyon, CA 92676
Contact: (714) 973-6608
Special Instructions: All ages welcome. Please RSVP at Bradley.flynt@ocparks.com or (714)-973-6608. Limited parking, delight carpool. For additional data visit: www.ocparks.com/helenamodjeska.

May 21 – Peters Canyon 3rd Sun Restoration Day
7:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Help the Park Rangers take away invasive as well as non-native plants to continue native habitat healthy, inward plow helping the wild fauna thrive.  Please convey water, sunscreen, hat, snacks, as well as closed toe shoes. 
Location: Peters Canyon Regional Park, 8548 Canyon View Ave. Orange, CA 92869.
Cost: Free     
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Registration is required, sign upward online: letsgooutside.org/activities.

May 28 – Bird Walk
8 – eleven a.m.
Spot local native as well as resident birds amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists on this 2-mile hike over uneven, sometimes steep terrain (up to 200-ft. tiptop gain) through 1 of the most various establish communities inward the United States.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road 
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: Free     
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: For ages 12 as well as upward (minor must live accompanied yesteryear an adult). Registration is required, sign upward online: www.eventbrite.com/birdwalk. Wear hiking or walking shoes as well as convey your binoculars. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Willow Canyon staging expanse (west side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, only southward of El Toro Road.)

May 28 – Family Science Sun
10 a.m. – iii p.m.
Come bring together us for a fun twenty-four hours of learning anytime betwixt 10 a.m. as well as iii p.m.! Family Science Sundays characteristic complimentary activities inward the Muth Interpretive Center’s Discovery Classroom. Each month, nosotros volition explore a dissimilar educational theme. The activities are self-guided as well as may include hands-on exhibits, exterior hikes, crafts as well as more!
Location: Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve. 2301 University Drive Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: Free
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290

Special Instructions: All ages welcome, recommended for ages ii to 10 years old. No registration is required as well as children must live accompanied yesteryear an adult. 

Oc Parks January 2015 Calendar Of Events

Here are some highlights from the OC Parks Jan Calendar of events, if y'all are looking for hiking ideas or other outdoor events to start this novel yr off, brand certain to banking enterprise jibe out some of these groovy events!
OC Parks JANUARY 2015 calendar of events

January 1 – Fitness Hike at Ridge Park
8:30 – eleven a.m.
Raise your pump charge per unit of measurement in addition to your spirits on this difficult, strenuous in addition to fast-paced, 6.5-mile hike (700-ft. tiptop gain) over really steep, uneven terrain amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.  
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Ages xv in addition to up. Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Not for beginners. Hiking poles suggested. Ridge Park Staging Area (Newport Coast Drive to Ridge Park Rd. due east to end; encounter at the gate.) For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

January ii – Nature Explore for Little Ones: Treeventure 
9 – eleven a.m.
Join Laguna Canyon Foundation Volunteers in addition to OC Parks staff to explore our local trees in addition to the wild fauna that uses them.  Enjoy a tree story, a tree song, a tree-venture, a tree-snack, in addition to decorate your ain tree necklace! An slowly half-mile walk.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Ages three in addition to up. Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, this calendar month at Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, unopen to 3.5 miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.

January 3  – Redwood Hike
8:30 – 10 a.m.
Join OC Parks' trained staff on the kickoff in addition to tertiary Sabbatum of the calendar month for an slowly 1.1-mile interpretive hike to the park's Coastal Redwood grove. You will use your five senses to engage amongst nature every bit y'all stroll to the Redwoods. You volition also get got an chance to learn most our native plants along the way. The hike begins at 8:30 a.m. from the park's Nature Center. Don't forget to see our Nature Center when y'all are there, too!
Location: Carbon Canyon Regional Park. 4442 Carbon Canyon Road, Brea, CA 92823
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/carboncanyon/
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-3160
Special Instructions: All ages. Participants should recall water, sunscreen, hat, hiking shoes. Meet at Nature Center located at due east halt of the park. Reservations preferred, delight telephone outcry upwards (714) 973-3160 or e-mail carboncanyon@ocparks.com.

January three – It’s a Dilley of a Hike  
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Raise your spirits every bit good every bit your pump charge per unit of measurement on this strenuous, fast-paced, 5.5-mile hike over steep in addition to uneven terrain (900-ft. tiptop gain) amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Ages xv in addition to up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 South to stoplight at 73 turn-off; brand a U-turn, acquire 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat/Sun.

January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 – Nature Walk 
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Join our Naturalists on a nature walk in addition to larn most Trabuco Canyon animals in addition to nature. Light to moderate walk on to a greater extent than oft than non paved roads. Meet at the Nature Center simply within the original entrance of the park.
Location: O’Neill Regional Park. 30982 Trabuco Canyon Road, Trabuco Canyon, CA 92678
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2260
Special Instructions: All ages welcome. Event is conditional on the weather.

January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 – Guided Interpretive Hike
10 – eleven a.m.
Join our naturalists on a nature walk in addition to larn most the local plants, animals in addition to history of Irvine Park. Light to moderate walking on both paved paths in addition to trails.
Location: Irvine Regional Park. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869 Website: www.ocparks.com/irvinepark/
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle 
Contact: (714) 973–6835
Special Instructions: All ages welcome. Meet at the Nature Center nigh the OC Zoo inwards parking lot #19.

January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 – Campfire Program
7 – 8 p.m.
Every Sabbatum night, bring together us for a campfire programme that may include a slide presentation, wilderness safety, games in addition to activities for children, animate existence adaptations, skins in addition to skulls, a alive animate existence demonstration in addition to a adventure to see the Nature Center. Topics may vary weekly.
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Website: www.ocparks.com/caspers/
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: All ages welcome!


January 4, 11, 18, 25 – Ranger Led Nature Hike  
8 – ix a.m.
Join our Park Rangers Sun mornings for an slowly 1-mile hike on the Nature Trail. The trail takes visitors through grassland, oak woodland, riparian in addition to sandy cactus scrub communities.
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Website: www.ocparks.com/caspers/
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: Meet at Old Corral Day Use area. Wear comfortable vesture in addition to hiking shoes. Sunscreen, H2O in addition to insect repellent are recommended. Rain volition cancel hike.

January iv – Explore the Plants on the Trail to Barbara’s Lake
9 – 11:30 a.m.
Join us on a wonderful morning time walk to Orange County’s alone natural lake spell learning most our native California institute life. This 2-mile leisurely hike volition survive led past times Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Ages 8 in addition to up. Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, unopen to 3.5-miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat/Sun.

January 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28, 31 – Modjeska House Tour 
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Docent-led tour of the historic solid in addition to grounds.
Location: 25151 Serrano Road, Lake Forest, CA 92630-2534
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/modjeskahouse/
Contact: (949) 923–2230
Cost: $5 per person
Special Instructions: Advance reservations required, telephone outcry upwards (949) 923-2230. Directions provided amongst reservations. 

January 8 – Fitness Hike at Willow  
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Raise your pump charge per unit of measurement in addition to your spirits on this difficult, strenuous in addition to fast-paced, 5.5-mile hike (400-ft. tiptop gain) over steep in addition to uneven terrain amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages xv in addition to up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Willow Canyon Staging Area (20101 Laguna Canyon Road, simply southward of El Toro Road intersection). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.

January 9, xiv – Animal Art II – Preschool Program 
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.
Join us for an lx minutes of inventiveness in addition to fun amongst an animate existence theme! Class includes hands-on learning, fun crafts, in addition to coming together zoo animals upwards close. Come gear upwards to acquire a picayune messy!
Location: Orange County Zoo. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/oczoo/
Cost: $5 per kid (one nurture included) Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6846
Special Instructions: PHONE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Call Marcy Crede-Booth, Education Coordinator at (714) 973-6846. For ages three to iv years old. Parent must accompany kid for duration of program. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to acquire into zoo.

January 10 – 2nd Sabbatum Trail Work Day
8:30 – eleven a.m.
Come bring together common staff in addition to our trail leaders past times volunteering to assistance amongst habitat restoration, non-native institute removal in addition to trail operate throughout Irvine Regional Park. Please have on jeans in addition to durable shoes or boots. Park provides tools in addition to gloves. Bring sunscreen, hat, snacks in addition to water.
Location: Irvine Regional Park. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869 Website: www.ocparks.com/irvinepark/
Cost: Free Parking: Free for volunteers 
Contact: (714) 973–6835
Special Instructions: Ideal for ages 12 in addition to up. Minors must survive accompanied past times an adult. Large schoolhouse groups/companies welcome, telephone outcry upwards (714) 973-6836 for grouping registration.

January 10 – Beginning Mountain Bike Ride  
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Learn mount biking basics in addition to trail etiquette on this 6.8-mile ride over steep in addition to uneven terrain (800-ft. tiptop gain) spell enjoying canyon views. Please come upwards prepared amongst a bike suitable for off-pavement riding, sturdy shoes, helmet, gloves, H2O in addition to snack. Led past times Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer mount bike trail assistants.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ridge Park Staging Area (Newport Coast Drive to Ridge Park Rd. due east to end; encounter at the gate.) For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat or Sun.

January 10 – Winter Morning Intermediate Mountain Bike Ride 
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Catch beautiful canyon views on this 10-mile ride over steep in addition to uneven terrain (1,000-ft. tiptop gain) amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer mount bike trail assistants.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Park Staging Area (Newport Coast Drive to Ridge Park Rd. due east to end; encounter at the gate.) Not for beginners. This is for INTERMEDIATE riders amongst mount biking experience. Appropriate mount biking equipment required. Must get got helmet, gloves, hydration; a snack is strongly suggested. Be prepared for varied atmospheric condition out inwards the canyons. For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat or Sun.

January 10 – California Native Plants inwards the Winter      
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Learn most the seasonal life of California native plants amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist on this enjoyable 2.5 mile hike (45-ft tiptop gain) over moderately uneven terrain.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Parking: $3 per vehicle  
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, James Dilley Preserve (east side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, simply northward of 73 Toll Road).  For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat/Sun.

January 10 – CPF Monthly Meeting 
9:30 – eleven a.m.
Interested inwards volunteering at Caspers Wilderness Park? Join the Caspers Park Foundation (CPF) for their monthly volunteer coming together held inwards the Caspers Wilderness Park Nature Center. This is a groovy chance to larn simply what volunteers do, every bit good every bit encounter others who beloved nature, the outdoors in addition to preserving the common for all. 
General delineate of piece of job organisation coming together starts at 9:30 a.m., followed past times an informative lecture presented past times invitee speakers at 10 a.m. January Guest Speaker – to survive announced. 
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Website: www.ocparks.com/caspers/
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: Ages xvi years in addition to up. For to a greater extent than information, telephone outcry upwards the common component at (949) 923-2210.

January eleven – Wilderness Walking Club      
2 – 4:30 p.m.
Enjoy a wonderful, moderate 3-mile walk (535-ft. tiptop gain) through Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. Catch views of the canyons in addition to mount ranges from the ridge travel past times in addition to and thus walk downward to Barbara’s Lake, a hidden gem in addition to the alone natural lake inwards Orange County.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Parking: $3 per vehicle  
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 12 in addition to up. Hat, H2O in addition to snack recommended for your comfort. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, James Dilley Preserve (east side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, simply northward of 73 Toll Road). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.

January xiii – California Native Plants: Tools & Building
9 – eleven a.m.
Learn most the many fascinating uses of California Native Plants during the pre-mission period, on this 2-mile hike (490-ft tiptop gain) over steep in addition to uneven terrain. This hike volition focus on plants used historically for tools in addition to edifice materials.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Parking: $3 per vehicle  
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 12 in addition to up. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, James Dilley Preserve (east side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, simply northward of 73 Toll Road).  For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat/Sun.

January xiv – Birding Walk
9 – eleven a.m.
Join OC Parks Volunteer Mike Clayton for a morning time of birding at Laguna Niguel Regional Park. With its meandering streams in addition to 44-acre lake, the common attracts a diversity of birds, including waterfowl in addition to shore birds. 
Location: Laguna Niguel Regional Park. 28241 La Paz Road, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle 
Contact: (949) 923-2240
Special Instructions: Beginning in addition to intermediate birders are welcome. Participants must survive 10 years old in addition to inwards a higher identify in addition to children must survive accompanied past times an adult. Program is free, encounter at the shelter #3 parking lot within the gate in addition to to the right.

January 17 – Keep It Wild Volunteer Day
8 – eleven a.m.
Come on out in addition to assist restore the wild lands nosotros thus enjoy! There’s no ameliorate agency to start a Sabbatum morning time than past times joining Laguna Canyon Foundation in addition to OC Parks staff inwards an invigorating projection of non-native institute removal and/or planting native plants. Help us brand a healthier environs for the native wild fauna in addition to for ourselves.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: Free Parking: Free for Keep It Wild Volunteers
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Little Sycamore Staging Are/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, unopen to 3.5 miles southward of I 5/405). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.

January 22 – Nose, Toes & Ears – Preschool Program 
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.
Class includes hands-on learning, fun crafts, in addition to coming together zoo animals upwards close.
Location: Orange County Zoo. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/oczoo/
Cost: $5 per kid (one nurture included) Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6846
Special Instructions: PHONE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Call Marcy Crede-Booth, Education Coordinator at (714) 973-6846. For ages three to iv years old. Parent must accompany kid for duration of program. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to acquire into zoo.

January xxx – Scales, Feathers & Fur – Preschool Program 
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.
Learn most the differences betwixt reptiles, birds in addition to mammals! Class includes hands-on learning, fun crafts, in addition to coming together zoo animals upwards close.
Location: Orange County Zoo. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/oczoo/
Cost: $5 per kid (one nurture included) Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6846
Special Instructions: PHONE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Call Marcy Crede-Booth, Education Coordinator at (714) 973-6846. For ages three to iv years old. Parent must accompany kid for duration of program. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to acquire into zoo.

January 31 – Weekends at the Nix Nature Center: American Indian Stories, Toys in addition to Games
1 – iv p.m.
Join the talented Acjachemen performer, Jacque Nunez, every bit she transports y'all into the life in addition to traditions of the Acjachemen people – in addition to into the footing of our shared past.  Jacque Nunez’s presentation volition survive at ii p.m. Make your ain American Indian toys, games, in addition to arts and crafts items to accept home!  Learn to purpose a pump drill!
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: Free Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Ages 8 in addition to up. Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, unopen to 3.5-miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat/Sun.

January 31  – Winter Night Hike    
5:30– 7:30 p.m.
Come reckon Carbon Canyon Regional Park inwards a completely unlike setting - inwards the dark! Park rangers volition atomic number 82 a starlit hike showcasing the natural wonders that tin bathroom alone survive seen at night. 
The Winter Night Hike volition characteristic many fun activities, including: 
• Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 see to the Nature Center
• Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 alive animate existence presentation
• Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 hike through the wilderness surface area (approx. ii miles circular trip)
This is an outdoor event. Please clothes warmly, have on skillful walking shoes in addition to convey a flashlight. Rain volition cancel event. (No pets please)
Location: Carbon Canyon Regional Park. 4442 Carbon Canyon Road, Brea, CA 92823
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/carboncanyon/
Cost: Free Parking: Free later on 5:30 p.m.
Contact: (714) 973-3160
Special Instructions: Space is limited, delight telephone outcry upwards to register: (714) 973-3160 or e-mail carboncanyon@ocparks.com.
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