OC Parks MARCH 2015 calendar of events
March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 – Ranger Led Nature Hike
8 – ix a.m.
Join our Park Rangers Lord's Day mornings for an slowly 1-mile hike on the Nature Trail. The trail takes visitors through grassland, oak woodland, riparian as well as 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 have on as well as hiking shoes. Sunscreen, H2O as well as insect repellent are recommended. Rain volition cancel hike.
March 1 – Birding Basics
9 – eleven a.m.
Explore the various aeroplane populations of Upper Newport Bay amongst naturalists. From seasonal migratory species to year-round residents, birders of all ages volition bask a morn outdoors on these informative, nevertheless fun-filled walks. The computer programme volition come across at the "Constellation Street" common entrance. Come prepared for your birding adventure amongst binoculars, hat, sunscreen as well as appropriate footwear.
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/uppernewportbay/
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Meet at the “Constellation Street” common entrance. Pre-registration is required. Please telephone (949) 923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to salve your spot.
March 1 – Talbert Restoration as well as 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 almost the native plants as well as wild fauna of our Coastal zone. We volition come across the 1st Lord's Day of each calendar month ix a.m. to 12 p.m. at the corner of 19th St. as well as 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 programme volition last cancelled if rainy/muddy conditions are nowadays 24 hours prior or enrollment minimums are non met.
March 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 exclusively natural lake piece learning almost our native California flora life. This slowly 2-mile leisurely hike volition last 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 as well as 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, around 3.5 miles due south of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
March 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28 – Modjeska House Tour
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Docent-led tour of the historic theater as well as 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 amongst reservations.
March 5 – Fitness Hike at Little Sycamore
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Raise your ticker 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. superlative gain) over rattling steep, uneven terrain amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen as well as up. Not for beginners. Hiking poles suggested. 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, around 3.5 miles due south of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
March 5, 12, 19, 26 – Tideland Tykes
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Join our save staff for a fun-filled nurture as well as kid sense that may include arts as well as 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 5 years recommended. Space is express as well as registration is required. Please telephone telephone (949) 923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.
March 5 – Full Moon Hike inwards Wood Canyon
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Seeing Wood Canyon bathed inwards moonlight as well as shadows is an enchanting experience. Take wages of this particular occasion because the common usually closes at sunset. Senior Park Ranger Joanne Taylor volition Pb a relaxing as well as informative 2-mile (150 ft. superlative gain) hike to explore the canyon every bit it’s seldom seen.
Location: Aliso as well as Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages seven as well as 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, plough correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] as well as 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.
March vi – Family Nature Explore: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Wild Story
9 – eleven a.m.
Join Laguna Canyon Foundation Volunteers as well as OC Parks staff to uncovering stories inwards the park. Climb into a existent cave. Walk through the trees. Climb a hill. Enjoy a story, take away hold a story snack, create your ain story amongst puppets, as well as postage a story to take away home! An slowly 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 as well as up. 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 telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
March vi – Wild Tales
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Visit amongst Preserve staff for story-telling fun! After a story, acquire to a greater extent than almost the natural history of the Bay through crafts as well as 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 5 years. Space is express as well as pre-registration is required. Please telephone telephone (949) 923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.
March 7 – Geology as well as Natural History Hike
9 – 11:30 a.m.
Step dorsum 25 meg years inwards Orange County’s history to a fourth dimension when the seas receded as well as the San Andreas Fault was simply starting to form. With a Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist, uncovering the geologic processes going on today as well as how they comport upon the natural landscape. This moderate 3-mile hike is over uneven, steep as well as sometimes rocky terrain amongst a 300-ft superlative 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: Ages 10 as well as up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 South to stoplight at 73 turn-off; construct a U-turn, acquire 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
March seven – CPF Monthly Meeting
9:30 – eleven a.m.
Interested inwards volunteering at Caspers Wilderness Park? Join our monthly volunteer coming together held inwards the Caspers Wilderness Park Nature Center. This is a cracking chance to acquire simply what volunteers do, every bit good every bit come across others who honey nature, the outdoors as well as preserving the common for all.
General line organisation coming together starts at 9:30 a.m., followed past times an informative lecture presented past times invitee speakers at 10 a.m. March Guest Speaker – to last announced.
General line organisation coming together starts at 9:30 a.m., followed past times an informative lecture presented past times invitee speakers at 10 a.m. March Guest Speaker – to last announced.
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: Ages xvi years as well as up. For to a greater extent than information, telephone telephone the common purpose at (949) 923-2210.
March 7 – Redwood Hike
9:30 – eleven a.m.
Join OC Parks' trained staff on the foremost Sat of the calendar month for an slowly 1.1-mile interpretive hike to the park's Coastal Redwood grove. You will use your 5 senses to engage amongst nature every bit you lot stroll to the Redwoods. You volition also take away hold an chance to learn almost our native plants along the way. The hike begins 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 retrieve water, sunscreen, hat, hiking shoes. Meet at Nature Center located at eastward terminate of the park. Reservations preferred, delight telephone telephone (714) 973-3160 or e-mail carboncanyon@ocparks.com.
March 7, 14, 21, 28 – Guided Interpretive Hike
10 – eleven a.m.
Join our naturalists on a nature walk as well as acquire almost the local plants, animals as well as history of Irvine Regional Park. Light to moderate walking on both paved paths as well as trails.
Location: Irvine Regional Park. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869 Website: www.ocparks.com/irvinepark/
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973–6835
Special Instructions: All ages welcome. Meet at the Nature Center close the OC Zoo inwards parking lot #19.
March seven – Campfire Program
7 – 8 p.m.
Every Sat night, bring together us for a campfire computer programme that may include a slide presentation, wilderness safety, games as well as activities for children, creature adaptations, skins as well as skulls, a alive creature demonstration as well as a run a peril 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!
March 8 – Festival of Whales Sand Sculpture Competition
8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
The challenger at Baby Beach is a 24-hour interval of fun, Sun as well as inventiveness for families, friends as well as serious sand sculpting enthusiasts. Contestants may pick out to construct sand creations including whales, body of body of water creatures, pirates as well as ships, surfing, tropical isle themed creations or patriotic emblems. Sculpting kicks off at 8 a.m. as well as judging begins at 2:30 p.m. Prizes volition last awarded to the foremost through 4th identify contestant finalists.
Pre-registration for the Whale of a Sand Sculpting Competition is gratuitous as well as available past times emailing steve.bonhall@ocparks.com.
Location: Dana Point Baby Beach. 34551 Puerto Place, Dana Point, CA 92629
Website: http://festivalofwhales.com/events/sand-sculpting-fun/
Cost: Free
The challenger at Baby Beach is a 24-hour interval of fun, Sun as well as inventiveness for families, friends as well as serious sand sculpting enthusiasts. Contestants may pick out to construct sand creations including whales, body of body of water creatures, pirates as well as ships, surfing, tropical isle themed creations or patriotic emblems. Sculpting kicks off at 8 a.m. as well as judging begins at 2:30 p.m. Prizes volition last awarded to the foremost through 4th identify contestant finalists.
Pre-registration for the Whale of a Sand Sculpting Competition is gratuitous as well as available past times emailing steve.bonhall@ocparks.com.
Location: Dana Point Baby Beach. 34551 Puerto Place, Dana Point, CA 92629
Website: http://festivalofwhales.com/events/sand-sculpting-fun/
Cost: Free
March 8 – Young Field Biologist Series: Animal Evidence
8:30 – eleven a.m.
Assist the park’s Resource Specialist amongst fun champaign studies on Wood Creek Trail. We’ll banking concern check wild fauna cameras to reckon who’s using the common at night, examine the woodrat nests for recent activity, as well as banking concern check for tracks on this highly productive creature trail. This hike is 2 miles (150-ft. superlative gain). Bring your photographic goggle box camera as well as a notepad to assist document as well as compare your findings.
Location: Aliso as well as Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages ix as well as 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] as well as correct on Canyon Vistas. For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat - Sun.
March 8 – Second Lord's Day Restoration Program
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Join Preserve staff as well as other volunteers inwards enhancing the Bay’s habitat for local wildlife. Activities may include non-native flora removal, planting natives, watering, trash cleanup as well as Butterfly Garden maintenance. No sense is necessary; water, snacks as well as 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 as well as younger must take away hold legal guardian nowadays at all times. Space is express as well as pre-registration is required. Please telephone telephone (949) 923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to register. Rain or estrus advisories cancels event.
March 8 – The Mysterious World of O’Neill Regional Park
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Have you lot e'er wondered “where are all the wild animals inwards the park?” Visit a Show as well as Share Exhibit located side past times side to the O’Neill Park Nature Center as well as uncovering mysterious clues animals leave of absence behind. Make a wild creature rails mold as well as bask nature crafts as well as games.
Location: O’Neill Regional Park. 30982 Trabuco Canyon Road, Trabuco Canyon, CA 92678
Website: www.ocparks.com/oneillpark/
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2260
March 8 – Wilderness Walking Club
2 – 4:30 p.m.
Enjoy a wonderful, moderate 3-mile walk (535-ft. superlative gain) through Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. Catch views of the canyons as well as mount ranges from the ridge move past times as well as and then walk downwards to Barbara’s Lake, a hidden gem as well as the exclusively natural lake inwards Orange County.
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 as well as up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Hat, H2O as well as snack recommended for your comfort. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 South to stoplight at 73 turn-off; construct a U-turn, acquire 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
March 10 – California Native Plants: Medicinal Uses
9 – 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 superlative gain) over steep as well as uneven terrain. This hike volition focus on plants used historically for medicinal purposes.
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 as well as up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 South to stoplight at 73 turn-off; construct a U-turn, acquire 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
March eleven – Yoga Hike
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Stretch your heed as well as trunk on this 2.4-mile hike amongst a yoga twist over steep as well as uneven terrain (100-ft. superlative gain) led past times Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Aliso as well as Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages 12 as well as 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] as well as correct on Canyon Vistas. For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat - Sun.
March 12 – Fitness Hike at Ridge Park
8:30 – 10 a.m.
Raise your ticker charge per unit of measurement as well as your spirits on this difficult, strenuous as well as fast-paced, 6.5-mile hike (700-ft. superlative gain) over rattling steep, uneven terrain amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen as well as up. Not for beginners. Hiking poles suggested. Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ridge Park Staging Area (Newport Coast Drive to Ridge Park Rd. eastward to end; come across at the gate.) For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
March 13, 18, 27 – Bonkers for Bunnies – Preschool Program
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.
Come acquire all almost bunnies as well as come across some upwards close! Class includes hands-on learning as well as fun crafts.
Location: Orange County Zoo. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/oczoo/
Cost: $5 per kid (one nurture included) Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6846
Special Instructions: PHONE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Call Marcy Crede-Booth, Education Coordinator at (714) 973-6846. Please authorities annotation the Easter-themed classes create total upwards quickly! For ages 3 to 4 years old. Parent must accompany kid for duration of program. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to acquire inwards zoo.
March xiv – 2nd Sat Trail Work Day
8:30 – eleven a.m.
Come bring together common staff as well as our trail leaders past times volunteering to assist amongst habitat restoration, non-native flora removal as well as trail move throughout Irvine Regional Park. Please have on jeans as well as durable shoes or boots. Park provides tools as well as gloves. Bring sunscreen, hat, snacks as well as 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 as well as up. Minors must last accompanied past times an adult. Large schoolhouse groups/companies welcome, telephone telephone (714) 973-6836 for grouping registration.
March xiv – Fitness Hike
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Take a mildly strenuous 2.5-mile hike along the Back Bay amongst Preserve staff. Hike volition laid about inwards front end of the Muth Center. The hike is on both paved as well as dirt paths amongst generally apartment surfaces.
This hike explores the upland areas of the bay- amongst opportunities to reckon the birds, mammals as well as reptiles that construct this habitat their home.
Take a mildly strenuous 2.5-mile hike along the Back Bay amongst Preserve staff. Hike volition laid about inwards front end of the Muth Center. The hike is on both paved as well as dirt paths amongst generally apartment surfaces.
This hike explores the upland areas of the bay- amongst opportunities to reckon the birds, mammals as well as reptiles that construct this habitat their home.
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Space is express as well as pre-registration is required. Please telephone (949) 923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to salve your spot.
March 14, 28 – Beginning Archery Class
9 – 10 a.m.
Join Park Rangers as well as Volunteers for an introductory archery course of instruction at the construct novel archery gain at Mile Square Regional Park. This 1 lx minutes course of instruction volition innovate participants to basics of the exciting sport or archery.
Location: Mile Square Regional Park. 16801 Euclid, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/milesquare/
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6600
Special Instructions: Equipment is provided. Participants must last at to the lowest degree 12 years old. Pre-registration is required: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities.html. For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
March eighteen – Book Hike inwards the Wilderness
9 – eleven a.m.
Join us for a wonderful 4-mile hike inwards beautiful Aliso & Wood Canyons piece nosotros portion as well as beak over our favorite books. Come prepared to contribute a championship or ii as well as leave of absence amongst the anticipation of some cracking novel reads every bit good every bit a relaxed as well as exercised body. Led past times a Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist & reader. Elevation gain of 300 ft. on terrain that tin last uneven as well as rocky.
Location: Aliso as well as 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 as well as snack are recommended. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area (from southbound Aliso Creek Road, plough correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] as well as correct on Canyon Vistas, come across at the entrance to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
March eighteen – Birds of Mason Regional Park
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Led past times an OC Parks volunteer as well as experienced birdwatcher, this is a beginner-friendly computer programme almost the birds of William R. Mason Regional Park. On an slowly walk of 1/2 mile about Mason, nosotros volition persuasion as well as beak over a diversity of birds that job the park. We'll banking concern check for dissimilar types of ducks, geese, as well as grebes inwards the ponds. We’ll await as well as hear for songbirds on the trees as well as bushes. We may also topographic point shorebirds as well as hawks.
Location: Mason Regional Park. 18712 University Drive, Irvine, CA 92612
Website: www.ocparks.com/masonpark
Cost: Free Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2220
Special Instructions: Water, sunscreen, a chapeau as well as comfortable shoes are recommended. Bring your binoculars to acquire a meliorate persuasion of the birds! Turn left at the halt sign after the entrance gate as well as common inwards Parking Lot B. We volition come across at the picnic tabular array close the Ranger Office past times the common entrance. Rain volition cancel event.
March nineteen – Fitness Hike at Willow
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Raise your ticker charge per unit of measurement as well as your spirits on this difficult, strenuous as well as fast-paced, 5.5-mile hike (568-ft. superlative gain) over steep as well as uneven terrain amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen as well as up. 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 telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
March xx – Tot Walk
9 – eleven a.m.
Join Ranger Zak along amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers as well as convey your immature ones (infant to historic menses three) to explore Aliso's wild backyard. We volition reckon bugs, creature tracks, plants, birds as well as take away hold all kinds of outdoor fun!
Location: Aliso as well as 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, plough correct on Alicia Parkway, foremost correct on Awma Road, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
March 21 – Mile Square Kids Fishing Derby
7:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
OC Parks, California Department of Fish as well as Wildlife, as well as Angler Chronicles host the anticipated annual Kids’ Fishing Derby at the North Lake at Mile Square Regional Park.
Kids ages 6-15 fish for gratuitous at the Fishing Derby as well as compete to win prizes.
OC Parks, California Department of Fish as well as Wildlife, as well as Angler Chronicles host the anticipated annual Kids’ Fishing Derby at the North Lake at Mile Square Regional Park.
Kids ages 6-15 fish for gratuitous at the Fishing Derby as well as compete to win prizes.
The lake volition last stocked amongst trout as well as catfish for the derby. Fishing clinics volition last caput on-site as well as a express quantity of angling rods volition last available for loan.
Location: Mile Square Regional Park. 16801 Euclid, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/milesquare/
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6600
Special Instructions: Children must last accompanied past times an adult. Rain volition non cancel event. Event volition last held at the North Lake close the intersection of Edinger as well as Euclid.
March 21 – Keep It Wild Volunteer Day
8 – eleven a.m.
Come on out as well as assist restore the wild lands nosotros so enjoy! What meliorate agency to start a Sat morn than to bring together Laguna Canyon Foundation as well as OC Parks staff inwards an invigorating projection of non-native flora removal an/or planting native plants. Help us construct a healthier surround for native wild fauna as well as for ourselves.
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) 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 Parkway, foremost correct on Awma Road, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat - Sun.
March 21 – Keep It Wild Volunteer Day
8 – eleven a.m.
Come on out as well as assist restore the wild lands nosotros so enjoy! There’s no meliorate agency to start a Sat morn than past times joining Laguna Canyon Foundation as well as OC Parks staff inwards an invigorating projection of non-native flora removal and/or planting native plants. Help us construct a healthier surround for the native wild fauna as well as 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, around 3.5 miles due south of I 5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
March 21 – Edible as well as Useful Plant Hike
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Early pioneers constitute their uses for local as well as introduced plants, as well as directly scientific discipline is finding out almost potentially valuable medicines inwards our wild backyard. Learn almost these edible as well as useful plants during a moderate, but steep, uneven 2-mile hike (400-ft. superlative gain) amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist, Karin Klein (author of l Hikes inwards Orange County)
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, simply due south of El Toro Road intersection). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
March 21 – Just Beyond the Spring Equinox
2:30 – 5 p.m.
Enjoy the canyon views, await for wildflowers as well as uncovering out what “makes the spring” on this interpretive, moderate, 3.5-mile hike over steep as well as uneven terrain (600-ft. superlative gain) amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers as well as OC Parks staff.
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, simply due south of El Toro Road intersection). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
March 21 – World of Wolves
7 – 8 p.m.
Wolf Haven International volition present World of Wolves II, a menage unit of measurement friendly educational computer programme almost wolf behavior, biological scientific discipline as well as social structure.
Wolf Haven International volition present World of Wolves II, a menage unit of measurement friendly educational computer programme almost wolf behavior, biological scientific discipline as well as social structure.
The computer programme volition beak over the history of wolves inwards North America as well as specifically the history of wolves inwards California, the hereafter of wolves inwards California, as well as the infamous OR-7 (aka Journey), the foremost documented wild wolf inwards California inwards over 90-years!
The computer programme includes engaging video footage of both wild wolves as well as wolves at Wolf Haven International, plus hands-on portions amongst creature skulls, tracks as well as antlers.
Location: O’Neill Regional Park. 30982 Trabuco Canyon Road, Trabuco Canyon, CA 92678
Website: www.ocparks.com/oneillpark/
Contact: (949) 923-2260
March 22 – Birding Walk
8 – eleven a.m.
Spot native as well as wintertime resident birds amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists on this 2-mile hike over uneven terrain (up to 400-ft. superlative gain) through 1 of the most various flora communities inwards the United States.
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 as well as upwards (minor must last accompanied past times an adult). Wear hiking or walking shoes as well as convey your binoculars. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 South to stoplight at 73 turn-off; construct a U-turn, acquire 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
March 25 – Beginning Fitness Hike
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Now is a cracking fourth dimension to start a novel fitness routine kickoff amongst an slowly 2.5-mile hike over moderate but uneven terrain to Barbara’s Lake as well as dorsum (100-ft. superlative gain). Join Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer as well as registered dietitian to acquire almost fitness as well as 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 as well as up. Wear walking or hiking shoes, hat, sunscreen as well as convey water. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 South to stoplight at 73 turn-off; construct a U-turn, acquire 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
March 25 – Animal Art I – Preschool Program
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.
Join us for an lx minutes of inventiveness as well as fun amongst an creature theme! Class includes hands-on learning, fun crafts, as well as coming together zoo animals upwards close. Come create to acquire a lilliputian messy!
Location: Orange County Zoo. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/oczoo/
Cost: $5 per kid (one nurture included) Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6846
Special Instructions: For ages 3 to 4 years old. PHONE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Call Marcy Crede-Booth, Education Coordinator at (714) 973-6846. Parent must accompany kid for duration of program. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to acquire inwards zoo.
March 26 – Fitness Hike at Canyon View
8:30 – eleven a.m.
Raise your ticker charge per unit of measurement as well as your spirits on this strenuous, fast-paced, 6-mile hike over steep as well as uneven terrain (400-ft superlative gain) amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Aliso as well as Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen as well as 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, plough correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] as well as correct on Canyon Vistas, come across at the entrance to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
March 27 – Documentary Movie Night – Mile…Mile & Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Half
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
OC Parks invites you lot to spotter a documentary cinema screening of Mile... Mile & Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Half. In an epic snowfall year, v friends leave of absence their daily lives behind to hike California’s historic John Muir Trail from Yosemite to Mt. Whitney (the highest peak inwards the contiguous US). Their goal to consummate the 219-mile journeying inwards 25 days, piece capturing the amazing sights as well as sounds they encounter along the way.
Inspired past times their bond, humor, artistry as well as dedication, the grouping continues to grow to include other artists, musicians as well as adventure seekers. Before they all attain the summit, hikers as well as viewers alike affirm the erstwhile adage -- it’s almost the journey, non the destination.
Location: Irvine Regional Park. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869 Website: www.ocparks.com/irvinepark/
OC Parks invites you lot to spotter a documentary cinema screening of Mile... Mile & Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Half. In an epic snowfall year, v friends leave of absence their daily lives behind to hike California’s historic John Muir Trail from Yosemite to Mt. Whitney (the highest peak inwards the contiguous US). Their goal to consummate the 219-mile journeying inwards 25 days, piece capturing the amazing sights as well as sounds they encounter along the way.
Inspired past times their bond, humor, artistry as well as dedication, the grouping continues to grow to include other artists, musicians as well as adventure seekers. Before they all attain the summit, hikers as well as viewers alike affirm the erstwhile adage -- it’s almost the journey, non the destination.
Location: Irvine Regional Park. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869 Website: www.ocparks.com/irvinepark/
Contact: (714) 973–6835
Special Instructions: Please RSVP to Park Ranger Nicole Bengtson at nicole.bengtson@ocparks.com. The cinema volition last shown indoors at the Soda Fountain Pavilion close parking lot 19. Please note, this is non a children’s film. No dogs.
Special Instructions: Please RSVP to Park Ranger Nicole Bengtson at nicole.bengtson@ocparks.com. The cinema volition last shown indoors at the Soda Fountain Pavilion close parking lot 19. Please note, this is non a children’s film. No dogs.
March 28 – Let’s Go Hiking
8 – 10:30 a.m.
Do you lot desire to take away a hike amongst other nature enthusiasts? Enjoy a 3.8-mile, moderate (600-ft. superlative gain) hike through Laurel as well as Willow Canyons amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers. You volition sense a diversity of flora communities, from Coastal Sage Scrub to Oak Woodland as well as bask a persuasion of the body of body of water at the top. Minimal interpretation, but questions welcome. The terrain tin oftentimes last rocky as well as uneven.
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 fifteen as well as up. Participants should convey water, a hat, a snack as well as have on proper hiking shoes. 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 telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
March 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 as well as 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 as well as upwards (or peddled past times adult) who tin comfortably ride 5 miles (150 ft. superlative gain), dirt trails amongst some sandy sections. Bike, helmet, water, snack as well as weather 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, plough correct on Alicia Parkway, foremost correct on Awma Road, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat - Sun.
March 28 – Peralta Adobe Antique Automobile Show
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
OC Parks invites you lot to come upwards reckon vintage antique cars of the 1930s as well as 1940s from the Antique Automobile Club of America at the Peralta Adobe Historic Site on Saturday, March 28. Docents volition last on mitt at this gratuitous lawsuit to guide you lot through the adobe as well as explicate its history every bit the Canyon Cafe from the 1920s to the 1960s. Members of the automobile lodge volition display master copy cars from this storied menses of the adobe’s cafe past, as well as volition explicate as well as answer questions on automotive history. Come as well as have exclusive offers from Slater’s 50/50, located a minute’s walk from the adobe, as well as acquire inwards a drawing for a run a peril to win particular trade as well as coupons. This lawsuit is brought to you lot inwards partnership amongst the Orange County Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America, Slater’s 50/50 as well as Tarbell, Realtors. Location: Peralta Adobe. 6398 E. Santa Ana Canyon, Anaheim, CA 92807
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/peraltaadobe/
Cost: Free
Contact: (714) 973-3190
March 29 – Western Farsi New Year's Day Celebration
7 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
On Sunday, March 29from seven a.m. to 7:30 p.m. members of the Western Farsi community as well as their guests volition get together at William R. Mason Regional Park to celebrate the Western Farsi New Year's Day (PNY) “Sizdeh Bedar.” The lawsuit historically attracts thousands of people, which volition consequence inwards periods of severe traffic as well as increased world pedestrians on world roadways (carpooling is strongly encouraged). It is suggested to construct alternate arrangements to common inwards other “legal parking” locations inwards the area; for example, University High School volition take away hold lawsuit parking available for a fee. The Parking Fee at Mason is $15 per vehicle, per entry for this event, as well as 2015 Annual Passes volition last accepted. Parking inside Mason Regional Park is express to 600 vehicles, (RV’s and/or other over-sized vehicles volition non last allowed into the park), as well as volition last strictly enforced. Once on-site parking fills to capacity, the common entry gate volition last shut as well as no additional vehicles volition last admitted; the entry gate volition rest shut for the residue of the day. Park acquire out gates volition rest operational for the duration of the day. To ensure the enjoyment of this lawsuit at Mason Regional Park, nosotros asking all common visitors construct a concerted endeavour to remind their community participants that the next regulations as well as County Ordinances are enforced for their personal security as well as protection. Failure to comply may consequence inwards citation, eviction, or both. Vehicles are non permitted on the grass as well as sidewalk areas; also, curbside parking or stopping is non permitted at whatever time. Do non drive to a picnic shelter to unload and/or charge supplies (this may consequence inwards vehicle eviction). Picnic shelters volition last on a first-come first-served basis, provided someone remains at the shelter to concord it. Roping off an expanse to “reserve” it is non permitted. Alcohol is non allowed anywhere inwards the park. Visitors may take away hold little personal radios or “boom boxes”, provided they maintain the mass at courteous levels – this volition last at the discretion of the common rangers. No other amplified audio of whatever type volition last permitted; this includes machine stereos as well as karaoke machines. Both the City of Irvine as well as the County of Orange bring together inwards wishing the Western Farsi community a rattling happy New Year. We are committed to making this lawsuit rubber as well as enjoyable for everyone.
Location: Mason Regional Park. 18712 University Drive, Irvine, CA 92612
Website: www.ocparks.com/masonpark
Cost: Free Parking: $15 (per vehicle – per entry)
Contact: (949) 923-2220
Special Instructions: All ages welcome.
March 29 – Family Science Sundays
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Free activities inwards the Muth Interpretive Center classroom 1 time a month, each amongst a dissimilar educational subject to explore. The activities are self guided as well as may include hands on exhibits, exterior activities, crafts as well as more. Storytime at eleven a.m. as well as 2 p.m.
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
March 29 – Meditating inwards Nature
5:30 – seven p.m.
Relax inwards nature. Enjoy a brusk walking meditation, breathing as well as energization exercises, as well as sitting meditation. Bring a blanket as well as 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 xvi as well as 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, around 3.5 miles due south of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.