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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.