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Orange County's Elevation Five Hikes


When y'all intend of Orange County, perchance the get-go thing that comes to hear is Disneyland, the beach, the TV Show the OC, or whatever release of other things.  However, i thing that may non come upward to everyone's hear is the amazing hiking trails that be inwards Orange County, California.  Orange County has a broad multifariousness of dissimilar hiking trails.  One hateful solar daytime y'all tin hold upward hiking correct along the beach as well as the adjacent inwards the mountains.  There are many hiking locations where y'all tin instruct a corking secluded experience as well as non fifty-fifty run into testify of the to a greater extent than than three i G m people that telephone phone Orange County home.  While in that place are many corking trails as well as hiking locations inwards Orange County, nosotros are doing our best to pick our transcend five trails/hiking areas inwards Orange County as well as the next are those that made the list:

NUMBER 5: RILEY WILDERNESS PARK

Riley Wilderness Park is i of OC Parks gems as well as offers approximately of the best hiking inwards Orange County. Riley Wilderness Park has been on of our favorite local commons for hiking.  Even though it is a pocket-sized nature preserve, amongst roughly five miles of trails, it packs a punch amongst abundant wild fauna as well as beautiful scenery.  It is the type of hike y'all tin squash inwards afterward operate or produce on the weekend when y'all bring to a greater extent than fourth dimension to explore.  It is genuinely a jewel inwards Orange County as well as it is an Orange County hike the whole household unit of measurement tin bask together because it is non that strenuous.  Ashley as well as I bring e'er enjoyed visiting this commons inwards the tardily afternoon/early evening.  To run into our detailed trail write-up on Riley Wilderness Park, click HERE.

NUMBER 4: HOLY JIM CANYON TO HOLY JIM FALLS

Hiking to Holy Jim Falls is i of Orange County's to a greater extent than good known hikes.  This hike is essentially at the base of operations of the Santa Ana Mountain Range, below Santiago Peak.  In our times hiking this trail nosotros bring e'er establish H2O at the falls, no thing the season.  The hike is i that is tardily to produce amongst the entire household unit of measurement because it is alone a brusk 2.8 miles round-trip from the parking lot.  This hike is secluded the entire means as well as is pleasant to hike yr round.  For our detailed trail write-up on a hike to Holy Jim Falls click HERE.

NUMBER 3: LAGUNA COAST WILDERNESS PARK

The Laguna Coast Wilderness Park offers many hiking options.  It is roughly 6,800 acres inwards size as well as has miles of hiking trails.  There are many dissimilar hikes that i could do, from tardily to strenuous.  Hiking hither allows y'all to instruct corking views of Orange County, equally good equally the Pacific Ocean.  And what is corking is that afterward your hike, y'all tin instruct into Laguna Beach as well as catch a seize amongst teeth to consume when finished!  You are probable to run into other hikers as well as mount bikers when hither as well as y'all tin e'er brand novel friends spell hiking inwards this area.  Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 corking introductory hike is Laurel Canyon, which is a 3.5 mile round-trip hike that volition hand y'all a corking sampling of the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park.  To run into our detailed trail write-up on the Laurel Canyon Loop inwards the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, click HERE.

NUMBER 2:  CRYSTAL COVE STATE PARK

Crystal Cove State Park is a real pop hiking destination inwards Orange County.  There are a broad make of trails as well as beach hiking opportunities equally well.  While hiking hither y'all volition unremarkably bring corking views of the Pacific Ocean as well as the surrounding wilderness areas.  You likewise bring a corking run a peril to run into local wild fauna spell hiking here.  Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 corking moderate to strenuous hike that nosotros would highly recommend is hiking El Moro canyon.  This hike is 7.8 miles round-trip as well as gives y'all a corking overview of the entire park.  You start at the parking area, which is close the beach as well as and thus get down your hiking going upward over rolling hills until y'all accomplish the high points of Crystal Cove State Park.  To run into our detailed trail write-up on the El Moro Canyon Hike inwards Crystal Cove State Park, click HERE.

NUMBER 1:  SITTON PEAK

Sitton Peak is i of our all fourth dimension favorite hikes inwards Orange County. It is a peak that sits correct on the boarder of Riverside Count as well as Orange County as well as travels through the San Mateo Canyon Wilderness. This hike is 9.8 miles long as well as is the perfect hike inwards our opinion.  It is simply challenging enough, but non overly difficult.  Additionally, the hike traverses through a broad make of scenery as well as the views at the transcend of the peak are great!  The trail has e'er been inwards expert kind every fourth dimension Ashley as well as I bring hiked hither as well as nosotros bring e'er been fortunate plenty to e'er seen approximately type of wild fauna spell on the hike to Sitton Peak.  This is our favorite Orange County Hike.  To run into our detailed trail write-up on Sitton Peak, click HERE.

Great Weekend For A Hike Inwards Riley Wilderness Park

Riley Wilderness Park is i of our favorite OC Parks to take in when looking for a brusk fun hike. We would fifty-fifty become every bit far every bit claim, inwards our opinion, that Riley Wilderness Park is i of the best hiking locations inwards Orange County, merely nosotros are admittedly biased because of our long history of exploring this wilderness area. Ashley in addition to I got a run a endangerment to hike at Riley Wilderness Park this weekend in addition to had a nifty fourth dimension on this brusk slow hike.  We went inwards the eventide when it cooled downward in addition to saw a coyote in addition to nearly 10 unlike deer piece on our hike. Here are to a greater extent than or less pictures from our hike to inspire everyone to operate out in addition to relish the outdoors! For a amount detailed trail write-up of Riley Wilderness Park, brand certain to click Here.





Oc Parks January 2014 Calendar Of Events

Here are some highlights from the OC Parks Jan Calendar of events, if you lot are looking for hiking ideas or other outdoor events inwards the calendar month of January, brand certain to banking concern jibe our some of these swell events!

OC Parks JANUARY 2014 calendar of events

January 1 – Bimonthly Bird Walks
8 – eleven a.m.
Join Naturalist Mike Clayton on a aeroplane walk at Riley Wilderness Park. All levels of birders welcome. As a wild animals sanctuary, Thomas F. Riley Wilderness Park is a abode to an abundant let out of native plants together with former groves of Western Sycamores together with Coast Live Oaks which edge the park’s ii seasonally flowing creeks. The remaining nation features rolling hills together with canyons of Coastal Sage Scrub together with grasslands. Come prepared for a morn of exploring this delightful common together with its abundant aeroplane life.
Location: Thomas F. Riley Wilderness Park. 30952 Oso Parkway, Coto de Caza, CA 92679
Cost: Free Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923–2265
Special Instructions: Bring your binoculars together with have on shoes amongst adept traction, some of the trails are steep. 

January 2, 9, 16, 23, thirty – Tideland Tykes
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Join our save staff for a fun-filled raise together with kid sense that may include arts together with crafts, story telling, hands-on activities or outdoor nature walks. Come prepared for an exciting outdoor experience!
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: $5 per pupil Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Ages 2 to 8 years recommended. Space is express together with registration is required. Please telephone band (949) 923-2275, or electronic mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.

January three – Explore the Plants on the Trail to Barbara’s Lake
9 – 11:30 a.m.
Join us on a wonderful morn walk to Orange County’s alone natural lake spell learning nigh our native California flora life. This 2-mile leisurely hike volition hold upward led past times Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 8 together with up. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, unopen to 3.5-miles S of I-5/405). For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324.

January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 – Wild Tales
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Visit amongst Preserve staff for story-telling fun! After a story, larn to a greater extent than nigh the natural history of the Bay through crafts, hands-on activities together with nature walks. Come prepared for an exciting outdoor experience!
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: $5 per pupil Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Ages 2 to 8 years. Space is express together with pre-registration is required. Please telephone band (949) 923-2275, or electronic mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.  

January 4, 11, 18, 25 – Nature Walk
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Join our naturalists on a nature walk together with larn nigh Trabuco Canyon animals together with nature. Light to moderate walk on by together with large paved roads. Meet at the Nature Center but within the primary 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. Meet at the Nature Center but within the primary entrance. Event is conditional on weather.

January 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26 – Redwood Grove Hike
9:30 – eleven a.m.
Join OC Parks' trained staff on an slow 1.1-mile hike to the park's Coastal Redwood grove. You will use your five senses to engage amongst nature equally you lot stroll to the Redwoods. You volition also cause got an chance to learn nigh our native plants along the way. The hike begins each Sabbatum together with Dominicus morn at 9:30 a.m. from the park's Nature Center. Don't forget to see our Nature Center when you lot are there, too!
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. Participants should recall water, sunscreen, hat, hiking shoes. Meet at Nature Center located at due east destination of the park. Reservations preferred, delight telephone band (714) 973-3160 or electronic mail carboncanyon@ocparks.com.

January 4 – Caspers Park Foundation Meeting
9:30 – eleven a.m.
Interested inwards volunteering at Caspers Wilderness Park? Join our monthly coming together held inwards the Caspers Wilderness Park Nature Center. This is a swell chance to larn but what volunteer’s do, equally good equally regard others who dearest nature, the outdoors, together with preserving the common for all. Meeting starts at 9:30 a.m., followed past times an informative lecture presented past times invitee speakers at 10 a.m. Jan speaker: Ilse Byres - History of the Hot Springs. 
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park.  33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions:   For to a greater extent than information, telephone band the common part at (949) 923-2210.

January 4 – Family Hike
3 – five p.m.
Join us on this really enjoyable, slow 2-mile hike over moderate but uneven terrain (100-ft. elevation gain). Families welcome.  You volition hike inwards i of the most various areas inwards the park, through a canopy of oaks past times Barbara’s Lake together with back.  Led past times Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.   
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per soul 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, but N of 73 Toll Road). For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324.


January 4 – Caspers Park Astronomy Night
5 – 8 p.m.
Come for a grand tour of the universe! Join Allan together with other amateur astronomers to cause got a await inwards the telescopes to regard Venus together with Jupiter including 4 of its largest moons. Take a guided tour of the constellations together with larn the myths together with facts nigh the cosmos. Observe the wonders of the nighttime heaven including nebulas, galaxies, star clusters together with double stars.
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park.  33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions:  Rain or cloudy skies cancels the event. For to a greater extent than data telephone band the common at (949) 923-2210.  

January five – Edible & Useful Plant Hike
8 – eleven a.m.
Native Americans together with early on pioneers constitute their uses for local together with introduced plants, together with directly scientific discipline is finding out nigh potentially valuable medicines inwards our wild backyard. Learn nigh these edible together with useful plants during a moderate, but steep, uneven 3.5 mile hike (600-ft. elevation gain) amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist, Karin Klein (author of fifty Hikes inwards Orange County).
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Willow Canyon Staging Area (20101 Laguna Canyon Road, but S of El Toro Road intersection). For questions telephone band (949) 497-8324.

January five – 1st Dominicus Restoration Program at Talbert Nature Preserve 
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Come bring together us for some R&R at Talbert Regional Park inwards Costa Mesa equally nosotros boot off the first community based Talbert Restoration & Revitalization Project. Learn nigh the native plants together with wild animals of our Coastal zone. We volition regard the 1st Dominicus of each calendar month nine a.m. to 12 p.m. at the corner of 19th St. together with Balboa Blvd. inwards Costa Mesa.
Location: Talbert Nature Preserve. 1298 Victoria Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92627.
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (714) 376-7414
Special Instructions: This computer program volition hold upward cancelled if rainy/muddy conditions are nowadays 24 hours prior or enrollment minimums are non met.

January 5, 12, 19, 26 – Nature Hike
9 – 10 a.m.
Join our Park Rangers Dominicus mornings for an slow 1-mile hike on the Nature Trail. The trail takes visitors through grassland, oak woodland, riparian together with sandy cactus scrub communities. Meet at Old Corral Day Use area. Rain volition cancel hike. 
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park.  33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: Wear comfortable clothing, hiking shoes. Sunscreen, H2O together with insect repellent are recommended. For additional information, delight telephone band the common at (949) 923-2210.

January five – Nature Center Open 
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
The Nature Center is opened upward the 1st Dominicus of each month. Join a Park Ranger for a tour of the nature middle together with larn nigh local history, flora together with fauna.
Location: Santiago Oaks Regional Park. 2145 N. Windes Drive, Orange, CA 92869
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6620

January 7, 11, 21, 25 – Modjeska House Tour 
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Docent-led tour of the historic solid together with grounds.
Mailing Address Online: 25151 Serrano Road, Lake Forest, CA 92630-2534
Contact: (949) 923–2230
Cost: $5 per person
Special Instructions: Advance reservations required, telephone band (949) 923-2230. Directions provided amongst reservations. 

January 8, 22 – Ride amongst a Ranger  
8 – eleven a.m.
Join us for a scenic cycle ride on the San Diego Creek Bike Path together with Back Bay Loop Trail every other Wed from 8 to eleven a.m. This 14.3 mile intermediate, casual cycle ride begins at William R. Mason Regional Park together with travels through the Back Bay Loop Trail back to Mason. 
Location: Mason Regional Park. 18712 University Drive, Irvine, CA 92612
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2220
Special Instructions: For to a greater extent than information, delight contact Park Ranger Candi Hubert at (949) 923-2222. Recommended for ages xvi together with up. Rides are every other Wednesday. Please choose water, sunscreen together with helmet. Rides volition hold upward cancelled without notice if inclement weather condition conditions are present.

January nine – Fitness Hike at Dilley
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Raise your pump charge per unit of measurement together with your spirits on this strenuous, fast-paced, 5.5-mile hike over steep together with uneven terrain (900-ft. elevation gain) amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages fifteen together with up. Not for beginners. James Dilley Preserve (east side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, but N of 73 Toll Road). For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324.

January 10 – H5N1 Long Winter’s Night Hike  
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
The Long Winter’s Night Hike volition characteristic many fun activities:
A alive beast presentation, hot cocoa together with cookies, anda hike through the wilderness area.
Location: Peters Canyon Regional Park. 8548 E. Canyon View Ave., Orange, CA 92869
Cost: Free Parking: Free for volunteers
Contact: (714) 973-6611
Special Instructions: Space is limited, delight telephone band to register: (714) 973-6611. Meet inwards the parking lot close the common office.

January eleven – 2nd Sabbatum Trail Work Day
8:30 – eleven a.m.
Come bring together common staff together with our trail leaders past times volunteering to assistance amongst habitat restoration, non-native flora removal together with trail operate throughout Irvine Regional Park. Please have on jeans together with durable shoes or boots. Park provides tools together with gloves. Bring sunscreen, hat, snacks, together with 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 together with up. Minors must hold upward accompanied past times an adult. Large schoolhouse groups/companies welcome, telephone band (714) 973-6836 for grouping registration.

January eleven – California Native Plant & Wildflower Hike
9 a.m.  – 12 p.m.
Learn to position native plants amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists on this moderate but fast-paced, steep together with rocky, 4.8-mile hike (700-ft. elevation gain).
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 12 together with up. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, unopen to 3.5 miles S of I-5/405). For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324.

January 11, 18, 25 – Campfire Program
7 – 8 p.m.
Every Sabbatum night, join us for a campfire computer program that may include a slide presentation, wilderness safety, games together with activities for children, beast adaptations, skins together with skulls, a alive beast demonstration together with a run a endangerment to see the Nature Center. Topics may vary weekly.
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: All ages welcome!

January 12 – Second Dominicus Restoration Program
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Join Preserve staff together with other volunteers inwards enhancing the Bay’s habitat for local wildlife. Activities may include non-native flora removal, planting natives, watering, trash cleanup together with Butterfly Garden maintenance. No sense is necessary; water, snacks together with tools are provided. 
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Minors aged xvi together with younger must cause got legal guardian nowadays at all times. Space is express together with pre-registration is required. Please telephone band (949) 923-2275, or electronic mail unbic@ocparks.com to register. Program volition hold upward cancelled if inclement weather condition is present.

January xiv – Dilley Loop Nature Hike
9 a.m. – eleven a.m.
Get unopen to nature on this leisurely 2-mile hike (370-ft. elevation gain) over steep together with uneven terrain equally you lot location plants together with animals or perchance their tracks together with signs along the way.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 12 together with up. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 S to stoplight at 73 turn-off; brand a U-turn, become 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324.


January xvi – Fitness Hike at Little Sycamore
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Raise your pump charge per unit of measurement together with your spirits on this difficult, strenuous together with fast-paced, 4.8-mile hike (400-ft. elevation gain) over really steep, uneven terrain amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages fifteen together with up. Not for beginners. Hiking poles suggested. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, unopen to 3.5-miles S of I-5/405). For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324.

January 17 – H5N1 Morning Stroll to Barbara’s Lake
9 – 11:30 a.m.
Enjoy an outdoor stroll to Barbara’s Lake (Orange County’s alone natural lake) on this leisurely paced, level, 2-mile hike amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. All ages welcome! Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, unopen to 3.5 miles S of I-5/405). For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324.

January xix – Birding Basics amongst Ranger Portia
8:30 – eleven a.m.
Explore the various aeroplane populations of Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve amongst Ranger Portia on the 3rd Dominicus of the month. From seasonal migratory species to year-round residents, birders of all ages volition savour a morn outdoors on these informative, withal fun-filled walks. The computer program volition regard at the "Constellation Street" common entrance at 8:30 a.m. Come prepared for your birding adventure amongst binoculars, hat, sunscreen together with appropriate footwear.   
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: All ages. This computer program volition hold upward cancelled if rainy/muddy conditions are nowadays 24 hours prior or enrollment minimums are non met. This computer program is FREE, but pre-registration is required. Please telephone (949) 923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to salve your location together with have directions to the Constellation Street entrance.

January xix – Afternoon Geology Hike
1 – 3:30 p.m.
Enjoy unspoiled canyon views together with larn nigh the geology of this area. The rocks together with fossils reveal fascinating stories nigh the park’s ancient environments. This volition hold upward a 3.5-mile hike over steep together with uneven terrain (650-ft. elevation gain).
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235

Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Willow Canyon Staging Area (20101 Laguna Canyon Rd, but S of El Toro Rd intersection). For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324.

Oc Parks November 2013 Calendar Of Events

Here are some highlights from the OC Parks Nov Calendar of events, if you lot are looking for hiking ideas or other outdoor events inward the calendar month of November, brand certain to depository fiscal establishment check our some of these keen events!

OC Parks NOVEMBER 2013 calendar of events

November 1 – Explore the Plants on the Trail to Barbara’s Lake
9 – 11:30 a.m.
Join us on a wonderful forenoon walk to Orange County’s exclusively natural lake piece learning virtually our native California works life life. This 2-mile leisurely hike volition live on led yesteryear Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 8 in addition to up. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, roughly 3.5-miles due south of I-5/405). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November 1, 21 – Wild North America – Toddler Program
10 – xi a.m.
Come discovery out what kinds of animals nosotros discovery on our ain continent! 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 bring upwards 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 iii to 4 years old. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to acquire inward zoo. Please authorities annotation spaces fill upwards rapidly for toddler classes.

November 1, 15, 22, 29 – Wild Tales
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Visit alongside Preserve staff for story-telling fun! After a story, acquire to a greater extent than virtually the natural history of the Bay through crafts, hands-on activities in addition to nature walks. Come prepared for an exciting outdoor experience!
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: $5 per educatee Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Ages 2 to 8 years. Space is express in addition to pre-registration is required. Please telephone outcry upwards (949) 923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.  

November 2, 9, 16, 23, xxx – Nature Walk
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Join our naturalists on a nature walk in addition to acquire virtually Trabuco Canyon animals in addition to nature. Light to moderate walk on generally paved roads. Meet at the Nature Center simply within the primary 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. Meet at the Nature Center simply within the primary entrance. Event is conditional on weather.

November 2 – Dilley Geology in addition to Natural History Hike
9 – xi a.m.
Step dorsum 25 i one one thousand thousand years inward Orange County’s history to a fourth dimension when the seas receded in addition to the San Andreas Fault was simply starting to form. With a Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist, discovery the geological processes going on today in addition to how they deport upon the natural landscape. This moderate 3-mile hike is over uneven, steep in addition to sometimes rocky terrain alongside a 300-ft altitude gain.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Ages 10 in addition to up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 due south to stoplight at 73 turn-off; brand a U-turn, decease 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November 2 – Caspers Park Foundation Meeting
9:30 – xi a.m.
Interested inward volunteering at Caspers Wilderness Park? Join our monthly coming together held inward the Caspers Wilderness Park Nature Center. This is a keen chance to acquire simply what volunteer’s do, every bit good every bit run across others who dear nature, the outdoors, in addition to preserving the common for all. Meeting starts at 9:30 a.m., followed yesteryear an informative lecture presented yesteryear invitee speakers at 10 a.m.  
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park.  33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions:  Ages sixteen years in addition to up. For to a greater extent than information, telephone outcry upwards the common component subdivision at (949) 923-2207.

November 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, xxx – Redwood Grove Hike
9:30 – xi a.m.
Join OC Parks' trained staff on an tardily 1.1-mile hike to the park's Coastal Redwood grove. You will use your five senses to engage alongside nature every bit you lot stroll to the Redwoods. You volition also get got an chance to learn virtually our native plants along the way. The hike begins each Sabbatum in addition to Lord's Day forenoon at 9:30 a.m. from the park's Nature Center. Don't forget to see our Nature Center when you lot are there, too!
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. Participants should recollect water, sunscreen, hat, hiking shoes. Meet at Nature Center located at eastward halt of the park. Reservations preferred, delight telephone outcry upwards (714) 973-3160 or e-mail carboncanyon@ocparks.com.

November 2 – Walk inward Our Wild Side Nature Walk
10 – xi a.m.
Join a Park Naturalist on an tardily walk roughly 1 mile long inward our Natural Area. See birds, hawks, insects, butterflies, in addition to native plants. Recommended: Hat, binoculars, drinking water, in addition to comfortable shoes.
Location: Mile Square Regional Park. 16801 Euclid, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6600
Special Instructions: Meet at the entrance of the Natural Area located adjacent to parking Lot F. Rain volition cancel walk.

November 2-3 – Tot in addition to Me Camp
10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Autumn is here, at that topographic point is no meliorate fourth dimension to bring together your tot (ages 3-5 roughly) for a weekend of fun!  Camp volition run Sabbatum in addition to Lord's Day from 10:30 a.m. till 12 p.m. at Aliso in addition to Wood Canyons Wilderness Park.  Our 2 days volition include lessons virtually the flavor in addition to characteristic a local animal!  Each Day volition include songs, stories, hiking in addition to crafts.  All activities are based on Kindergarten grooming skills in addition to science. 
Location: Aliso in addition to Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: $30 per kid Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Ranger Headquarters, Gate 1, 28373 Alicia Pkwy (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plough correct on Alicia, foremost correct on Awma, left into parking lot). If nosotros get got to cancel the effect due to atmospheric condition or other circumstance nosotros volition notify you lot through your provided e-mail address, campsite volition live on rescheduled or refunded.

November 2, 9, 16, 23, xxx – Ranger Led Campfire Program
8 – nine p.m.
Join us Sabbatum nighttime at the amphitheater for this Ranger led utter on local beast life, laid to the glow of burn downwardly light. This effect is exclusively opened upwards to those camping ground at O’Neill Regional Park. No access for twenty-four hours role afterwards sunset.
Location: O’Neill Regional Park. 30982 Trabuco Canyon Road, Trabuco Canyon, CA 92678
Cost: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2260 or (949) 923-2256
Special Instructions: All ages welcome. Event is outdoors in addition to subject on atmospheric condition conditions. 

November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 – Campfire Program
8 – nine p.m.
Every Sabbatum night, join us for a campfire programme that may include a slide presentation, wilderness safety, games in addition to activities for children, beast adaptations, skins in addition to skulls, a alive beast demonstration in addition to a take chances to see the Nature Center. Topics may vary weekly.
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: All ages welcome!


November iii – Edible & Useful Plant Hike
8 – xi a.m.
Early pioneers works life their uses for local in addition to introduced plants, in addition to forthwith scientific discipline is finding out virtually potentially valuable medicines inward our wild backyard. Learn virtually these edible in addition to useful plants during a moderate, but steep, uneven 2-mile hike (400-ft. altitude gain) alongside Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist, Karin Klein (author of 50 Hikes inward Orange County).
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Willow Canyon Staging Area (20101 Laguna Canyon Road, simply due south of El Toro Road intersection). For questions telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November iii – Nature Center Open 
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
The Nature Center is opened upwards the 1st Lord's Day of each month. Join a Park Ranger for a tour of the nature centre in addition to acquire virtually local history, flora in addition to fauna.
Location: Santiago Oaks Regional Park. 2145 N. Windes Drive, Orange, CA 92869
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6620
Special Instructions: All ages.

November 5, 9, 19, 23 – Modjeska House Tour 
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Docent-led tour of the historic solid in addition to grounds.
Mailing Address Online: 25151 Serrano Road, Lake Forest, CA 92630-2534
Contact: (949) 923–2230
Cost: $5 per person
Special Instructions: Advance reservations required, telephone outcry upwards (949) 923-2230. Directions provided alongside reservations. 

November half-dozen – Bimonthly Bird Walks
8 – xi a.m.
Join Naturalist Mike Clayton on a aeroplane walk at Riley Wilderness Park. All levels of birders welcome. As a wild animals sanctuary, Thomas F. Riley Wilderness Park is a abode to an abundant give away of native plants in addition to old groves of Western Sycamores in addition to Coast Live Oaks which edge the park’s 2 seasonally flowing creeks. The remaining solid reason features rolling hills in addition to canyons of Coastal Sage Scrub in addition to grasslands. Come prepared for a forenoon of exploring this delightful common in addition to its abundant aeroplane life.
Location: Thomas F. Riley Wilderness Park. 30952 Oso Parkway, Coto de Caza, CA 92679
Cost: Free Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923–2265
Special Instructions: Bring your binoculars in addition to article of apparel shoes alongside expert traction, some of the trails are steep.  

November vii – Fitness Hike at Little Sycamore
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Raise your view charge per unit of measurement in addition to your spirits on this difficult, strenuous in addition to fast-paced, 4.8-mile hike (400-ft. altitude gain) over really steep, uneven terrain alongside Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages xv in addition to up. Not for beginners. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, roughly 3.5-miles due south of I-5/405). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November vii – Animal Art I – Toddler Program
10 – xi a.m.
Join us for an hr of inventiveness in addition to fun alongside an beast theme! Class includes hands-on learning, fun crafts, in addition to coming together zoo animals upwards close. Come ready to acquire a piddling messy!
Location: Orange County Zoo. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/oczoo/
Cost: $5 per kid (one bring upwards 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 iii to 4 years old. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to acquire inward zoo. Please authorities annotation spaces fill upwards rapidly for toddler classes.

November 8 – Discovery Hike
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Explore beautiful Wood Canyon in addition to discovery its wild animals alongside Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists on this moderate, but steep, uneven in addition to rocky 5-mile hike (200-ft. altitude gain).
Location: Aliso in addition to Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area, Gate vii (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plough correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] in addition to correct on Canyon Vistas to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November 8 – Night Owl Hike
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Come reckon Irvine Regional Park inward a completely dissimilar setting, inward the dark! Park rangers volition atomic number 82 a starlit hike showcasing the natural wonders that tin exclusively live on seen at night. The Night Owl Hike volition characteristic many fun activities, including: a see to the nature center, a alive beast presentation, hot cocoa in addition to cookies, a hike through the wilderness area.
Location: Irvine Regional Park. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Contact: (714) 973-6847
Special Instructions: This is an outdoor event. Please clothes warmly, article of apparel expert walking shoes in addition to convey a flashlight.

November 8 – Hoot ‘n Howling Night Hike 
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Come reckon Carbon Canyon Regional Park inward a completely dissimilar setting -- inward the dark! Park rangers volition atomic number 82 a starlit hike showcasing the natural wonders that tin exclusively live on seen at night. The Hoot ‘N Howling Night Hike volition characteristic many fun activities, including a visit to the Nature Center; live beast presentation; hot cocoa in addition to cookies; in addition to a hike through the wilderness area.

The adjacent nighttime hikes at Carbon Canyon Regional Park volition live on the Ho Ho Ho Hike on Saturday, Dec 7, 2013 in addition to the I Heart Hikes on Saturday, Feb 8, 2014.
Location: Carbon Canyon Regional Park. 4442 Carbon Canyon Road, Brea, CA 92823
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-3160
Special Instructions: This is an outdoor event. Please clothes warmly, article of apparel expert walking shoes in addition to convey a flashlight. Space is limited. Please telephone outcry upwards (714) 973-3160. Due to heavy traffic on Carbon Canyon Road, it is recommended that you lot travail N on Valencia to the foremost lite (Santa Fe). Turn correct onto Santa Fe in addition to move on Santa Fe until you lot come upwards dorsum to Carbon Canyon Road. Go direct through the lite in addition to you lot are inward Carbon Canyon Park.

November nine – Sabbatum Fitness Hike
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Enjoy a fresh, coastal breeze every bit you lot acquire your workout inward the common on this strenuous fast-paced, 6.5-mile hike over steep in addition to uneven terrain (1,100-ft altitude gain). Hike through lush Wood Canyon in addition to upwards surrounding ridges alongside OC Parks Resource Specialist Rick Schaffer.
Location: Aliso in addition to Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages xv in addition to up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area, Gate vii (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plough correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] in addition to correct on Canyon Vistas to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November nine – 2nd Sabbatum Trail Work Day
8:30 – xi a.m.
Come bring together common staff in addition to our trail leaders yesteryear volunteering to assistance alongside habitat restoration, non-native works life removal in addition to trail operate throughout Irvine Regional Park. Please article of apparel 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 live on accompanied yesteryear an adult. Large schoolhouse groups/companies welcome, telephone outcry upwards (714) 973-6836 for grouping registration.

November nine – California Native Plant & Wildflower Hike
9 a.m.  – 12 p.m.
Learn to seat native plants alongside Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist Nadine Nordstrom (author of the South Coast Wilderness Plant Identification Guide) on this moderate but really fast-paced, steep in addition to rocky, 3.5-mile hike (600-ft. altitude gain).
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per someone 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. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 due south to stoplight at 73 turn-off; brand a U-turn, decease 1 block; Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November nine – Family Hike
3 – five p.m.
Join us on this really enjoyable, tardily 2-mile hike over moderate but uneven terrain (100-ft. altitude gain). Families welcome.  You volition hike inward i of the most various areas inward the park, through a canopy of oaks yesteryear Barbara’s Lake in addition to back.  Led yesteryear Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.   
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  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, roughly 3.5 miles due south of I-5/405). For questions telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November 10 – Second Lord's Day Restoration Program
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Join Preserve staff in addition to other volunteers inward enhancing the Bay’s habitat for local wildlife. Activities may include non-native works life removal, planting natives, watering, trash cleanup in addition to Butterfly Garden maintenance. No sense is necessary; water, snacks in addition to tools are provided. 
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Minors aged sixteen in addition to younger must get got legal guardian nowadays at all times. Space is express in addition to pre-registration is required. Please telephone outcry upwards (949) 923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to register. Program volition live on cancelled if inclement atmospheric condition is present.

November 10 – Wilderness Walking Club
2:15 – 4:45 p.m.
Enjoy a wonderful, moderate 3-mile walk (535-ft. altitude gain) through various coastal sage-scrub in addition to riparian environments. Catch views of the canyons in addition to mount ranges from the ridge exceed in addition to thence walk downwardly to Barbara’s Lake, a hidden precious stone in addition to the exclusively natural lake inward Orange County.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 10 in addition to up. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 due south to stoplight at 73 turn-off; brand a U-turn, decease 1 block; Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November 12 – Book Hike
9 – xi a.m.
Engage your encephalon along alongside your torso on a 4-mile hike (300-ft. altitude gain) over uneven in addition to rocky terrain inward beautiful Aliso & Wood Canyon piece nosotros portion our favorite books. Come prepared to contribute a championship or 2 in addition to acquire out alongside the anticipation of some keen novel reads every bit good every bit a relaxed in addition to exercised body. Led yesteryear a Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist in addition to reader.
Location: Aliso in addition to Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities.  A hat, sunscreen, hiking shoes, H2O in addition to snack are recommended. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plough correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] in addition to correct on Canyon Vistas. Meet at the entrance to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November 12 – Dilley Loop Nature Hike
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Get closed to nature on this leisurely 2-mile hike (370-ft. altitude gain) over steep in addition to uneven terrain every bit you lot spot plants in addition to animals or possibly their tracks in addition to signs along the way.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions:  Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 12 in addition to up. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 due south to stoplight at 73 turn-off; brand a U-turn, decease 1 block. Dilley is on the right).

November xiii – Yoga Hike
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Stretch your take heed in addition to torso on this 2.4-mile hike alongside a yoga twist over steep in addition to uneven terrain (100-ft. altitude gain) led yesteryear Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers. For ages 12 in addition to up.
Location: Aliso in addition to Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages 12 in addition to up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area, Gate vii (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plough correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] in addition to correct on Canyon Vistas to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November xiv – Fitness Hike at Ridge Park 
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Raise your view 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. altitude gain) over really steep, uneven terrain alongside Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: $3 per vehicle  
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages xv in addition to up. Not for beginners. Hiking poles suggested. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Ridge Park Staging Area (Newport Coast Drive to Ridge Park Rd. eastward to end; run across at the gate). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November 14, 21 – Tideland Tykes
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Join our save staff for a fun-filled bring upwards in addition to kid sense that may include arts in addition to crafts, story telling, hands-on activities or outdoor nature walks. Come prepared for an exciting outdoor experience!
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: $5 per educatee Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Ages 2 to 8 years recommended. Space is express in addition to registration is required. Please telephone outcry upwards (949) 923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.

November xv – Tot Walk
9 – xi a.m.
Join Ranger Zak alongside your immature ones to explore Aliso's wild backyard. We'll reckon bugs, beast tracks, plants, birds and have all kinds of outdoor fun!
Location: Aliso in addition to Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: Free Parking: $3 per vehicle 
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages 0 to iii years. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park Ranger Headquarters, 28373 Alicia Parkway (from southbound Aliso Creek Road, plough correct on Alicia, foremost correct Awma, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324. 

November xv – Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Morning Stroll to Barbara’s Lake
9 – 11:30 a.m.
Enjoy the outdoors in addition to acquire virtually various works life life on this leisurely paced, 2-mile hike alongside Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 8 in addition to up. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, roughly 3.5-miles due south of I-5/405). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November sixteen – Kids’ Fishing Clinic 
7 – xi a.m.
OC Parks would similar to invite you lot in addition to your kids to a fun forenoon of angling at Irvine Regional Park! This Kids’ Fishing Clinic (for ages sixteen in addition to under) is designed to instruct kids how to fish, piece giving them an chance to grab a few from our pond. Whether this is your foremost fourth dimension angling or you’re a regular, you lot volition get got fun trying to grab some fish!
Instructors volition live on on mitt to demonstrate, assistance in addition to answer questions.
Please convey your ain angling pole in addition to bait.
Prizes volition live on available for tagged fish!
Stocked alongside Rainbow Trout in addition to at that topographic point volition live on a 2 fish limit.
Location: Irvine Regional Park. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Contact: (714) 973-6847
Special Instructions: If you lot do non get got a angling pole, at that topographic point volition live on some available for loan. Registration is required at the OC Parks check-in tabular array on the twenty-four hours of the event. For to a greater extent than information, visit: http://ocparks.com/civicax/inc/blobfetch.aspx?BlobID=30548

November sixteen – Keep It Wild Volunteer Day
8 – xi a.m.
Come on out in addition to aid restore the wild lands nosotros thence enjoy! There’s no meliorate agency to start a Sabbatum forenoon than yesteryear joining Laguna Canyon Foundation in addition to OC Parks staff inward an invigorating projection of non-native works life removal and/or planting native plants. Help us brand a healthier surroundings for the native wild animals 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. Nix Nature Center (Little Sycamore Staging Area) 1 mile N of the 73 damage route on the due west side of the 133. For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324. 

November sixteen – Keep It Wild Volunteer Day
8 – xi a.m.
Come on out in addition to aid restore the wild lands nosotros thence enjoy! What meliorate agency to start a Sabbatum forenoon than to bring together Laguna Canyon Foundation in addition to OC Parks staff for an invigorating projection of non-native works life removal and/or planting native plants? Help us do a healthier surroundings for the native wild animals in addition to for ourselves.
Location: Aliso in addition to Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: Free Parking: Free for Keep It Wild Volunteers 
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park Ranger Headquarters, 28373 Alicia Parkway (from southbound Aliso Creek Road, plough correct on Alicia, foremost correct Awma, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324. 

November sixteen – Geology Hike
8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Enjoy unspoiled canyon views in addition to acquire virtually the geology of this area. The rocks in addition to fossils reveal fascinating stories virtually the park’s ancient environments. We’ll examine a cave, several faults, sandstones from the Topanga in addition to Vaqueros Formations, laminations inward the sandstone, fossil scallops, modern in addition to prehistoric landslides, in addition to huge lava-filled fissures (or dikes) radiating across the landscape. This volition live on a 3.5-mile hike over steep in addition to uneven terrain (650-ft. altitude gain).
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Willow Canyon Staging Area (20101 Laguna Canyon Road, simply due south of El Toro Road intersection). Participants should convey water, a hat, a snack, in addition to article of apparel proper hiking shoes. For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November sixteen – Casual Mountain Bike Ride
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Join us on this beautiful, moderate mount bicycle ride every bit nosotros move nether a canopy of trees in addition to shade on much of the trail. This 10-mile ride volition live on over uneven terrain alongside a 200-ft. altitude gain. Information in addition to honour for the natural habitat volition live on included. Led yesteryear Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer Mountain Bike Trail Assistants.
Location: Aliso in addition to Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Ranger Headquarters, Gate 1, 28373 Alicia Pkwy (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plough correct on Alicia, foremost correct on Awma, left into parking lot). This effect is designed for the moderate mount bicycle rider. Please come upwards prepared alongside a bicycle suitable for off-pavement riding, sturdy shoes, helmet, gloves, in addition to water. For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November sixteen – Weekends at the Nix Nature Center: American Indian Stories, Toys & Games
1 – 4 p.m.
Join the talented Acjachemen performer, Jacque Nunez, every bit she transports you lot into the traditional life of the Acjachemen people–and into the footing of our shared past. Presentation at 2 p.m. Make your ain Acjachemen toys in addition to games to get got abode or give every bit gifts (1-2p.m. & 3-4 p.m.).
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: Free, donations appreciated Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. No hiking involved. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, roughly 3.5-miles due south of I-5/405). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November sixteen – Harvest Hike
4 – five p.m.
Experience the magic of beingness out on the trails of the Upper Newport Bay estuary every bit twenty-four hours becomes evening, illuminated yesteryear the lite of the total moon.
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: $5 per educatee Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: We volition live on coming together at the kiosk on the eastward side of the parking lot. Dress for the eventide air, article of apparel hiking shoes, convey a flashlight or headlamp in addition to don’t forget to register early on every bit our total Moon hikes fill upwards up fast. Please NO babe joggers or strollers. Please telephone outcry upwards (949) 923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.  

November 17 – Restoration Day 
8 – xi a.m.
Help hold the common you lot dear yesteryear volunteering to aid withdraw non-native brush for burn downwardly suppression in addition to re-vegetation of native plantings. Please article of apparel jeans in addition to durable shoes or boots. Park provides tools, gloves in addition to water. Bring sunscreen, a chapeau in addition to snacks.
Location: Peters Canyon Regional Park. 8548 E. Canyon View Ave., Orange, CA 92869
Cost: Free Parking: Free for volunteers
Contact: (714) 973-6611
Special Instructions: Ideal for ages sixteen in addition to up. Minors must live on accompanied yesteryear an adult. Large schoolhouse groups/companies welcome. Call (714) 973-6611 for grouping registration. Click link for online waivers - http://ocparksforms.com/

November 17 – Family Hike inward the Canyon
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Enjoy a hike alongside your menage unit of measurement inward the beautifully lush Wood Canyon, piece exploring it's wild animals alongside OC Parks Resource Specialist Rick Schaffer. This is a moderate 2-mile hike (300-ft altitude gain) over uneven in addition to rocky terrain.
Location: Aliso in addition to Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages vii in addition to up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities.  Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plough correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] in addition to correct on Canyon Vistas. Meet at the entrance to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November 17 – 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. altitude gain) alongside Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer mount bicycle trail assistants.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. This is for INTERMEDIATE riders alongside mount biking experience. Appropriate mount biking equipment required. Must get got helmet, gloves, hydration, a snack is strongly suggested. Also, live on prepared for varied atmospheric condition out inward the canyons. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Ridge Park Staging Area (Newport Coast Drive to Ridge Park Rd. eastward to end; run across at the gate). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November 17 – Introduction to Mountain Bike Riding  
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. altitude gain) piece enjoying canyon views. Led yesteryear Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer mount bicycle trail assistants.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Please come upwards prepared alongside a bicycle suitable for off-pavement riding, sturdy shoes, helmet, gloves, H2O in addition to a snack. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Ridge Park Staging Area (Newport Coast Drive to Ridge Park Rd. eastward to end; run across at the gate). For questions telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November 17 – Morning Walk Around the Lake
9 – xi a.m.
Come relish a wonderful forenoon walk about the lake in addition to acquire virtually the native plants in addition to critters inward the park. This is an tardily 2.5 mile walk (both paved in addition to dirt trail) alongside no altitude gain. Led yesteryear Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists.
Location: Laguna Niguel Regional Park. 28241 La Paz Road, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2240
Special Instructions: Ages 8 in addition to up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities.  Meet at the staging expanse parking lot at Shelter 3, Laguna Niguel Regional Park, 28241 La Paz Road, Laguna Niguel. For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November xix – Beginners Fitness Hike
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Now is a perfect fourth dimension to start a novel fitness routine showtime alongside an tardily 2-mile hike over moderate but uneven terrain to Barbara’s Lake in addition to dorsum (100-ft. altitude gain). Laguna Canyon Foundation naturalists volition betoken out local flora in addition to fauna along the way.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per someone 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. Wear walking or hiking shoes, hat, sunscreen, in addition to convey water. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 due south to stoplight at 73 turn-off; brand a U-turn, decease 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November 21 – Fitness Hike at Willow
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Raise your view charge per unit of measurement in addition to your spirits on this strenuous, fast-paced, 5.5-mile hike over steep in addition to uneven terrain (400-ft. altitude gain) alongside Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages xv in addition to up. Willow Canyon Staging Area (20101 Laguna Canyon Road, simply due south of El Toro Road intersection). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November 22 – Feathery Friends – Toddler Program
10 – xi a.m.
Come acquire virtually birds that tin wing in addition to fifty-fifty those that can’t fly! 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 adult 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 iii to 4 years old. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to acquire inward zoo. Please authorities annotation spaces fill upwards rapidly for toddler classes.

November 23 – Long Distance Hike inward the Back Country 
8 – 11:30 a.m.
Explore the beauty in addition to multifariousness of 2 canyons, Little Sycamore in addition to Laurel Canyon, inward the backcountry of the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. This volition live on a strenuous, 7-mile hike (770-ft. altitude gain) over rocky in addition to uneven terrain. We volition hike through sycamore in addition to oak woodlands, riparian habitats, coastal sage scrub, in addition to opened upwards grassland. Participants should live on tally in addition to able to hike long distances.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road,
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages xv in addition to up. For your security in addition to comfort convey a suggested 2-3 liters of water, a hat, a hearty snack in addition to proper hiking shoes. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, roughly 3.5-miles due south of I-5/405). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November 23 – Wieder Work Days
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Join common staff in addition to other volunteers alongside enhancing Wieder Regional Park's natural resources. Located on the coastal bluffs of Huntington Beach, this unique habitat overlooks the Bolsa Chica Wetlands in addition to Pacific Ocean. Activities may include non-native works life removal, trail maintenance or trash cleanup. No sense is necessary; water, snacks in addition to tools are provided. 
Location: Harriett M. Wieder Regional Park. 19251 Seapoint Ave., Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/wiederpark/
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Space is express in addition to pre-registration is required. Please telephone (949) 923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to register. Rain cancels the event.

November 23 – Family Hike at Dilley
3 – five p.m.
Join us on this really enjoyable, tardily 3-mile hike over moderate but uneven terrain (100-ft. altitude gain). Families welcome.  You volition hike inward i of the most various areas inward the park, through a canopy of oaks yesteryear Barbara’s Lake in addition to back.  Led yesteryear Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.   
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 due south to stoplight at 73 turn-off; brand a U-turn, decease 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November 24 – Birding Hike 
8 – xi a.m.
Spot native year-round wintertime resident birds alongside Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists on this 2-mile hike over uneven terrain (up to 400-ft altitude gain) through i of the most various works life communities inward the United States.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per someone Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  For ages 12 in addition to up. Wear hiking or walking shoes in addition to convey binoculars. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 due south to stoplight at 73 turn-off; brand a U-turn, decease 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.

November 29, xxx – Irvine Park Railroad’s 18th Annual Christmas Train
5 - nine p.m.
It’s the season, i time once to a greater extent than for Irvine Park Railroad’s annual Christmas Train. Come alongside menage unit of measurement in addition to friends in addition to get got this enchanting nighttime ride through historic Irvine Regional Park to run across Santa Claus. The educate volition depart from the brightly-lit educate station in addition to driblet you lot off at Santa’s Village. While waiting to run across Santa, you lot may buy coffee, hot chocolate, freshly-popped popcorn in addition to cookies from our Elf House Snack Bar to warm you lot up. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 total kitchen carte du jour is also available at the Train Station. Visitors may get got their ain pictures alongside Santa or you lot may buy a motion painting taken yesteryear Irvine Park Railroad. Each 5” x 7” photograph volition live on presented alongside an Irvine Park Railroad edge in addition to available for pickup soon afterwards beingness taken. After visiting alongside Santa, hop dorsum aboard the educate in addition to relish the colorful Christmas lights in addition to decorations, every bit good every bit the magical “Tunnel of Lights”, on the ride dorsum to the station house. When visiting the Christmas Train, recollect to clothes warmly, convey your photographic television set camera in addition to acquire inward early on to avoid crowds.
Location: Irvine Regional Park. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Cost: $10 per someone (children younger than 24 months ride for free). Parking: $3 per vehicle weekdays, $5 per vehicle weekend, gratis afterwards five p.m.
Contact: (714) 973-6847
Special Instructions: Tickets may live on purchased online at http://www.irvineparkrailroad.com/. For to a greater extent than information, telephone outcry upwards Irvine Park Railroad at (714) 997-3968.

November xxx – Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Walk inward the Park
8:30 – 10 a.m.
Bring the menage unit of measurement to thought the landmark Aliso Creek restoration projection in addition to search for OC’s native wild animals on the Aliso Creek Trail East. This is a 2.5-mile degree terrain, leisurely hike (50-ft. altitude gain) through riparian in addition to grassland habitats led yesteryear OC Parks Resource Specialist Rick Schaffer.
Location: Aliso in addition to Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: Free Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages vii in addition to up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Ranger Headquarters, 28373 Alicia Pkwy (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plough correct on Alicia Pkwy, foremost correct on Awma Road, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.ive early on to avoid crowds.
Location: Irvine Regional Park. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Cost: $10 per someone (children younger than 24 months ride for free). Parking: $3 per vehicle weekdays, $5 per vehicle weekend, gratis afterwards five p.m.
Contact: (714) 973-6847
Special Instructions: Tickets may live on purchased online at http://www.irvineparkrailroad.com/. For to a greater extent than information, telephone outcry upwards Irvine Park Railroad at (714) 997-3968.

November xxx – Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Walk inward the Park
8:30 – 10 a.m.
Bring the menage unit of measurement to thought the landmark Aliso Creek restoration projection in addition to search for OC’s native wild animals on the Aliso Creek Trail East. This is a 2.5-mile degree terrain, leisurely hike (50-ft. altitude gain) through riparian in addition to grassland habitats led yesteryear OC Parks Resource Specialist Rick Schaffer.
Location: Aliso in addition to Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: Free Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324

Special Instructions: Ages vii in addition to up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Ranger Headquarters, 28373 Alicia Pkwy (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plough correct on Alicia Pkwy, foremost correct on Awma Road, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone outcry upwards (949) 497-8324.