Here are some highlights from the OC Parks May Calendar of events, if you lot are looking for hiking ideas or other outdoor events this month, brand certain to cheque out some of these nifty events!
OC Parks MAY 2015 calendar of events |
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May 2 – It’s a Dilley of a Hike
8 – 10:30 a.m.
Raise your spirits equally good equally your pump charge per unit of measurement on this great, 5.5-mile hike over steep as well as uneven terrain (900-ft. elevation gain) amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Cost: Free Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen 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; brand 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.
May 2 – Fitness Challenge for All
8:30 – eleven a.m.
Cardio on a treadmill or cardio amongst an sea view? Push your personal workout goals as well as never acquire left behind equally nosotros cater to a make of fitness levels. It’s a nifty adventure to reckon wild animals as well as acquire all nearly Aliso as well as Wood Canyons from common staff. This is 5-miles (900-ft. elevation gain).
Location: Aliso as well as Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen 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. Meet at the entrance to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat - Sun.
May 2 – CPF Monthly Meeting
9:30 – eleven a.m.
Interested inward volunteering at Caspers Wilderness Park? Join our monthly volunteer coming together held inward the Caspers Wilderness Park Nature Center. This is a nifty chance to acquire only what volunteers do, equally good equally encounter others who dear nature, the outdoors as well as preserving the common for all.
General describe of piece of occupation organisation coming together starts at 9:30 a.m., followed past times an informative lecture presented past times invitee speakers at 10 a.m. May Guest Speaker – to endure announced.
General describe of piece of occupation organisation coming together starts at 9:30 a.m., followed past times an informative lecture presented past times invitee speakers at 10 a.m. May Guest Speaker – to endure announced.
Location: Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: Ages sixteen years as well as up. For to a greater extent than information, telephone telephone the common role at (949) 923-2210.
May 2 – Redwood Hike
9:30 – eleven a.m.
Join OC Parks' trained staff on the firstly Sabbatum of the calendar month for an tardily 1.1-mile interpretive 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 get got an chance to learn nearly 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 shout upward water, sunscreen, hat, hiking shoes. Meet at Nature Center located at due east cease of the park. Reservations preferred, delight telephone telephone (714) 973-3160 or electronic mail carboncanyon@ocparks.com.
May 2, 9, 16, 23, thirty – Guided Interpretive Hike
10 – eleven a.m.
Join our naturalists on a nature walk as well as acquire nearly 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 inward parking lot #19.
May 10 – Mother’s Day inward Nature
9 – eleven a.m.
Show your mom how much you lot dear her past times leading her on a walk, playing nature themed games, as well as learning nearly how mothers inward the wild attention for their babies. Pack a luncheon to bask at the newly renovated staging expanse or garden benches.
Location: Aliso as well as Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: This is a children's themed event. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Ranger Headquarters (newly renovated staging area!), 28373 Alicia Pkwy (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plough correct on Alicia Parkway, firstly correct on Awma Road, as well as thus left into parking lot). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat - Sun.
May xiii – Yoga Hike
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Stretch your heed as well as torso on this 2.4-mile hike amongst a yoga twist over steep as well as uneven terrain (100-ft. elevation 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) 923-2235
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. Meet at the entrance to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat - Sun.
| May fourteen – Fitness Hike at Little Sycamore 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. 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 Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/ Parking: $3 per vehicle Contact: (949) 923-2235 Special Instructions: Ages fifteen 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, roughly 3.5 miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun. |
May fifteen – 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 menstruation three) to explore Aliso's wild backyard. We volition reckon bugs, animate beingness tracks, plants, birds as well as get got 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, firstly correct on Awma Road, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
| May fifteen – Magnificent Mammals – Preschool Program 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. Come acquire all nearly animals covered inward fur! Class includes hands-on learning, fun crafts as well as 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 kid (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. Please complaint the Easter-themed classes fill upward up quickly! For ages 3 to four years old. Parent must accompany kid for duration of program. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to acquire into zoo. May sixteen – Keep It Wild Volunteer Day 8 – eleven a.m. Come on out as well as assist restore the wild lands nosotros thus enjoy! There’s no ameliorate agency to start a Sabbatum morn than past times joining Laguna Canyon Foundation as well as OC Parks staff inward an invigorating projection of non-native constitute removal and/or planting native plants. Help us brand a healthier environs for the native wild animals 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, roughly 3.5 miles southward of I 5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun. |
May sixteen – Keep It Wild Volunteer Day
8 – eleven a.m.
Come on out as well as assist restore the wild lands nosotros thus enjoy! What ameliorate agency to start a Sabbatum morn than to bring together Laguna Canyon Foundation as well as OC Parks staff inward an invigorating projection of non-native constitute removal an/or planting native plants. Help us brand a healthier environs for native wild animals 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, firstly correct on Awma Road, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat - Sun.
| May sixteen – Orange County Bird of Prey Center 5 – vi p.m. Join Orange County Bird of Prey Center volunteer Peggy Chase as well as acquire nearly our local raptors. Enjoy the chance to reckon these royal interesting birds upward close 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) 497-8324 Special Instructions: Reservations encouraged, visit: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Meet at the amphitheater. Program is free. For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun. |
May 17 – Family Bandito Bike Ride to Dripping Cave
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Join a band of wheel wielding immature explorers on a ride to Aliso’s most intriguing attraction. We’ll acquire the mysterious legends of this famed bandit hideout equally good equally 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 upward (or peddled past times adult) who tin comfortably ride five miles (150 ft. elevation gain), dirt trails amongst some sandy sections. Bike, helmet, water, snack as well as conditions 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, firstly correct on Awma Road, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat - Sun.
May 17 – Beginning Mountain Bike Ride
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Learn mount biking basics as well as trail etiquette on this 6.8-mile ride over steep as well as uneven terrain (800-ft. elevation gain) piece enjoying canyon views. Please come upward prepared amongst a wheel suitable for off-pavement riding, report shoes, helmet, gloves, H2O as well as snack. Led past times Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer mount wheel trail assistants.
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: Register online amongst the link below: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 South to stoplight at 73 turn-off; brand a U-turn, acquire 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
| May 17 – Restoration Day 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. Want to bask the outdoors as well as assist accept attention of common ecosystems? Join us for Restoration Days at Peters Canyon Regional Park every tertiary Dominicus from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Recommended to convey H2O as well as snacks, get got sunscreen, as well as have on pants, long sleeve shirts as well as boots. Location: Peters Canyon Regional Park. 8548 E. Canyon View Ave., Orange, CA 92869 Website: http://ocparks.com/peterscanyon/ Cost: Free Contact: (714) 973-6611 Special Instructions: Please register past times calling (714) 973-6611 or emailing peterscanyon@ocparks.com. |
May 17 – Morning Walk Around the Lake
9 – eleven a.m.
Come bask a wonderful morn walk about the lake as well as acquire nearly the native plants as well as critters inward the park. This is an tardily 2.5 mile walk (both paved as well as dirt trail) amongst no elevation gain. Led past times Laguna Canyon Foundation Volunteer Naturalists. Dogs on leashes welcome.
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: Ages 8 as well as up. Meet at parking lot closest to Shelter 3. Online reservations required: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities.html. For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2240 Sat - Sun.
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May twenty – Book Hike inward the Wilderness
9 – eleven a.m.
Join us for a wonderful 4-mile hike inward beautiful Aliso & Wood Canyons piece nosotros portion as well as speak over our favorite books. Come prepared to contribute a championship or ii as well as move out amongst the anticipation of some nifty novel reads equally good equally a relaxed as well as exercised body. Led past times a Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist & reader. Elevation gain 300 ft. on terrain that tin endure 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, encounter at the entrance to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
| May twenty – Down on the Farm – Preschool Program 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. Come acquire all nearly farm animals including chickens, pigs, goats, sheep, as well as more! Class includes hands-on learning, fun crafts, as well as 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 kid (one raise included) Parking: $3 per vehicle Contact: (714) 973-6846 Special Instructions: For ages 3 to four 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 into zoo. May 21 – Fitness Hike at Ridge Park 8:30 – eleven a.m. Raise your pump 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. 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 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. due east to end; encounter at the gate.) For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun. May 23 – Geology Hike at Willow 1 – four p.m. Enjoy an afternoon of unspoiled canyon views as well as acquire nearly the geology of this area. The rocks as well as fossils let on fascinating stories nearly the park’s ancient environments. This volition endure a 3.5-mile hike over steep as well as uneven terrain (600-ft. elevation gain). Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 20101 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 Website: http://ocparks.com/parks/lagunac/ Parking: $3 per vehicle Contact: (949) 923-2235 Special Instructions: Register online amongst the link below: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Willow Canyon Staging Area (south of El Toro Rd intersection). For questions call: 949-497-8324 Mon-Fri & 949-923-2235 Sat/Sun. |
May 24 – 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. elevation gain) through i of the most various constitute communities inward 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 upward (minor must endure 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; brand 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.
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May 27 – Beginning Fitness Hike
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Now is a nifty fourth dimension to start a novel fitness routine starting fourth dimension amongst an tardily 2.5-mile hike over moderate, but uneven terrain to Barbara’s Lake as well as dorsum (100-ft. elevation gain). Join Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer as well as registered dietitian to acquire nearly 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; brand 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.
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May 28 – Fitness Hike at Willow
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Raise your pump charge per unit of measurement as well as your spirits on this strenuous as well as fast-paced, 5.5-mile hike (571-ft. elevation 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, only southward of El Toro Road intersection). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun.
May 31 – Family Science Dominicus – Bugs, Blooms as well as Butterflies
10 – four p.m.
Free Activities inward the Muth Interpretive Center classroom i time a month, each amongst a unlike educational subject to explore. The activities are self guided as well as may include hands on exhibits, exterior activities, crafts as well as more. Short Hike/Activity at 11am as well as 2pm
Location: Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve. 2301 University Drive,
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Website: http://ocparks.com/parks/newport/
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: No registration necessary. Email unbic@ocparks.com for to a greater extent than information.
May 31 – Meditating inward Nature
5:30 – vii p.m.
Relax inward 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 sixteen 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, roughly 3.5 miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 Monday – Friday or (949) 923-2235 Sat - Sun