OC Parks FEBRUARY 2015 calendar of events
February 1, 8, 15, 22 – Ranger Led Nature Hike
8 – ix 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.
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: Meet at Old Corral Day Use area. Wear comfortable wearable together with hiking shoes. Sunscreen, H2O together with insect repellent are recommended. Rain volition cancel hike.
February 1 – Birding Basics
9 – eleven a.m.
Explore the various aeroplane populations of Upper Newport Bay alongside naturalists. From seasonal migratory species to year-round residents, birders of all ages volition savour a morn outdoors on these informative, even together with then fun-filled walks. The computer program volition encounter at the "Constellation Street" commons entrance. Come prepared for your birding peril alongside 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: Pre-registration is required. Please telephone (949) 923-2275, or electronic mail unbic@ocparks.com to relieve your spot.
February 1 – Talbert Restoration together with Revitalization
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Come bring together us for some R&R at Talbert Regional Park inwards Costa Mesa every bit nosotros boot off the first community based Talbert Restoration & Revitalization Project. Learn close the native plants together with wild fauna of our Coastal zone. We volition encounter the 1st Dominicus of each calendar month ix 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
Website: www.ocparks.com/talbert/
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: This computer program volition live on cancelled if rainy/muddy conditions are introduce 24 hours prior or enrollment minimums are non met.
February 1 – Explore California Native Plant Life on the Trail to Barbara’s Lake
9 – 11:30 a.m.
Join us on a wonderful morn walk to Orange County’s solely natural lake spell learning close our native California establish life. This slow 2-mile leisurely hike volition live on led past times Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages 8 together with up. Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, roughly 3.5 miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
February 3 – Full Luna Hike inwards Wood Canyon
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Seeing Wood Canyon bathed inwards moonlight together with shadows is an enchanting experience. Take payoff of this particular occasion because the commons unremarkably closes at sunset. Senior Park Ranger Joanne Taylor volition Pb a relaxing together with informative 2 mile (150 ft. summit gain) hike to explore the canyon every bit it’s seldom seen.
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages seven together with up. Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plow correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] together with correct on Canyon Vistas. Meet at the entrance to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
February 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28 – Modjeska House Tour
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Docent-led tour of the historic trace of piece of occupation solid together with grounds.
Location: 25151 Serrano Road, Lake Forest, CA 92630-2534
Contact: (949) 923–2230
Cost: $5 per person
Special Instructions: Advance reservations required, telephone telephone (949) 923-2230. Directions provided alongside reservations.
February 4, 26 – Scales, Feathers & Fur – Preschool Program
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.
Learn close the differences betwixt reptiles, birds together with mammals! Class includes hands-on learning, fun crafts, together with coming together zoo animals upward close.
Location: Orange County Zoo. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/oczoo/
Cost: $5 per shaver (one raise 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 3 to four years old. Parent must accompany shaver for duration of program. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to come inwards zoo.
February five – Fitness Hike at Ridge Park
8:30 – eleven a.m.
Raise your view charge per unit of measurement together with your spirits on this difficult, strenuous together with fast-paced, 6.5-mile hike (700-ft. summit gain) over really steep, uneven terrain alongside Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages xv together with up. Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Not for beginners. Hiking poles suggested. Ridge Park Staging Area (Newport Coast Drive to Ridge Park Rd. eastward to end; encounter at the gate.) For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
February 5, 12, 19, 26 – Tideland Tykes
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Join our save staff for a fun-filled raise together with shaver sense that may include arts together with crafts, storytelling, 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 five years recommended. Space is express together with registration is required. Please telephone telephone (949) 923-2275, or electronic mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.
February half dozen – Family Nature Explore: Leafing Around
9 – eleven a.m.
Join Laguna Canyon Foundation Volunteers together with OC Parks staff to explore leaves inwards their many shapes, sizes, together with textures. Enjoy a leafage story, a leafage song, leafing around, a leafy-snack, together with build your ain leafy Valentine’s Day card! An slow half-mile walk.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages 3 together with upward alongside a raise or adult. Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, roughly 3.5 miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
February half dozen – 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 close the natural history of the Bay through crafts 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 five years. Space is express together with pre-registration is required. Please telephone telephone (949) 923-2275, or electronic mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.
February seven – Red Rock Canyon Guided Hike
8 – 10 a.m.
Come together with savour a guided 3.6-mile hike over gentle grade. The hike volition comprehend the Borrego Canyon trail, a heavily wooded canyon alongside multiple establish communities. We volition hike along the bottom of the canyon every bit nosotros scout for acorn woodpeckers together with mule deer. The hike volition transition to the beautiful geological formation know every bit Red Rock Canyon.
Location: Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park. 26707 Portola Parkway, Lake Forest, CA 92620
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2245
Special Instructions: Limited infinite available, pre-registration is required. Visit www.lagunacanyon.org/activities.html. For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
February xv – Slither into the Nix Nature Center together with Meet Local Snakes
1 – four p.m.
It’s almost fourth dimension for our resident snakes to stretch out inwards the Sun later their long wintertime brumation. We volition own got some alive (if non even together with then lively) local snakes for you lot to drib inwards together with visit. You tin besides savour our build novel video close snakes inwards the park. Find out what to produce if you lot encounter a serpent inwards the trail…and how snakes are useful to people. Make a serpent to take.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, roughly 3.5 miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
February xviii – Book Hike inwards the Wilderness
9 – eleven a.m.
Join us for a wonderful 4-mile hike inwards beautiful Aliso & Wood Canyons spell nosotros part together with hash out our favorite books. Come prepared to contribute a championship or 2 together with acquire out alongside the anticipation of some nifty novel reads every bit good every bit a relaxed together with exercised body. Led past times a Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist & reader. Elevation gain 300 ft. on terrain that tin live on uneven together with rocky.
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. A hat, sunscreen, hiking shoes, H2O together with snack are recommended. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area (from southbound Aliso Creek Road, plow correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] together with correct on Canyon Vistas, encounter at the entrance to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
February xix – Fitness Hike at Canyon View
8:30 – eleven a.m.
Raise your view charge per unit of measurement together with your spirits on this strenuous, fast-paced, 6-mile hike over steep together with uneven terrain (400-ft summit gain) alongside Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages xv together with up. Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area (from southbound Aliso Creek Road, plow correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] together with correct on Canyon Vistas, encounter at the entrance to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
February xx – Tot Walk
9 – eleven a.m.
Join Ranger Zak along alongside Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers together with convey your immature ones (infant to historic menstruum three) to explore Aliso's wild backyard. We volition consider bugs, brute tracks, plants, birds together with own got all kinds of outdoor fun!
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park Ranger Headquarters, 28373 Alicia Parkway (from southbound Aliso Creek Road, plow correct on Alicia Parkway, initiative of all correct on Awma Road, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
February xx – Nose, Toes & Ears – Preschool Program
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.
Class includes hands-on learning, fun crafts, together with coming together zoo animals upward close.
Location: Orange County Zoo. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/oczoo/
Cost: $5 per shaver (one raise 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 3 to four years old. Parent must accompany shaver for duration of program. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to come inwards zoo.
February 21 – Keep It Wild Volunteer Day
8 – eleven a.m.
Come on out together with help restore the wild lands nosotros together with then enjoy! There’s no ameliorate means to start a Sabbatum morn than past times joining Laguna Canyon Foundation together with OC Parks staff inwards an invigorating projection of non-native establish removal and/or planting native plants. Help us build a healthier surroundings for the native wild fauna together with for ourselves.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Cost: Free Parking: Free for Keep It Wild Volunteers
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Little Sycamore Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, roughly 3.5 miles southward of I 5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
February 21 – Keep It Wild Volunteer Day
8 – eleven a.m.
Come on out together with help restore the wild lands nosotros together with then enjoy! What ameliorate means to start a Sabbatum morn than to bring together Laguna Canyon Foundation together with OC Parks staff inwards an invigorating projection of non-native establish removal an/or planting native plants. Help us build a healthier surroundings for native wild fauna together with for ourselves.
Location: Aliso together with 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, plow correct on Alicia Parkway, initiative of all correct on Awma Road, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat - Sun.
February 21 – Geology Hike at Willow
1 – four p.m.
Enjoy an afternoon of unspoiled canyon views together with acquire close the geology of this area. The rocks together with fossils let on fascinating stories close the park’s ancient environments. This volition live on a 3.5-mile hike over steep together with uneven terrain (600-ft. summit gain).
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
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, only southward of El Toro Road intersection). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
February 22 – Morning Birding at Laguna Niguel Regional Park
8 – eleven a.m.
Join Laguna Canyon Foundation Volunteer Naturalists on this birding adventure. Spot native together with wintertime resident birds on this tedious together with slow 2-mile walk through a landscaped suburban-parkland setting at Laguna Niguel Regional Park. Wear waterproof hiking or walking shoes (landscape tin live on really wet); convey binoculars!
Location: Laguna Niguel Regional Park. 28241 La Paz Road, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Website: http://ocparks.com/lagunaniguelpark/
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2240
Special Instructions: (Meet at parking lot closest to Shelter 3) Ages 12 together with up. Online reservations required: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities.html. For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat - Sun.
February 22 – Family Science Sundays
10 a.m. – four p.m.
Free Activities inwards the Muth Interpretive Center classroom 1 time a month, each alongside a dissimilar educational subject to explore. The activities are self guided together with may include hands on exhibits, exterior activities, crafts together with more. Storytime at eleven a.m. together with 2 p.m.
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
February 22 – Meditating inwards Nature
4 – 5:30 p.m.
Relax inwards nature. Enjoy a brusk walking meditation, breathing together with energization exercises, together with sitting meditation. Bring a blanket together with a pillow. No sense necessary.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages sixteen together with up. Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, roughly 3.5 miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
February 25 – Beginning Fitness Hike
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Now is a nifty fourth dimension to start a novel fitness routine commencement alongside an slow 2-mile hike over moderate but uneven terrain to Barbara’s Lake together with dorsum (100-ft. summit gain). Join Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer together with registered dietitian to acquire close fitness together with nutrition during this 1.5-hour hike.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages 12 together with up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Wear walking or hiking shoes, hat, sunscreen together with convey water. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 South to stoplight at 73 turn-off; build a U-turn, become 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
February 26 – Fitness Hike at Dilley
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Raise your view 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. summit gain) alongside Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages xv together with up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 South to stoplight at 73 turn-off; build a U-turn, become 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
February 28 – Family Bandito Bike Ride to Dripping Cave
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Join a band of bike wielding immature explorers on a ride to Aliso’s most intriguing attraction. We’ll acquire the mysterious legends of this famed bandit hideout every bit good every bit its previous inhabitants- the native Ajachamen people. Earn a Ranger badge for beingness an accomplice on the journey.
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: Free Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages 8 together with upward (or peddled past times adult) who tin comfortably ride five miles (150 ft. summit gain), dirt trails alongside some sandy sections. Bike, helmet, water, snack together with atmospheric condition appropriate clothing/shoes are required. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Ranger Headquarters, 28373 Alicia Parkway (from southbound Aliso Creek Road, plow correct on Alicia Parkway, initiative of all correct on Awma Road, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat - Sun.