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Oc Parks August 2014 Calendar Of Events

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Here are some highlights from the OC Parks August Calendar of events, if y'all are looking for hiking ideas or other outdoor events inwards the calendar month of August, brand certain to cheque out some of these groovy events!

OC Parks AUGUST 2014 calendar of events

August 1 – Explore the Plants on the Trail to Barbara’s Lake
8 – 10:30 a.m.
Join us on a wonderful morning time walk to Orange County’s entirely natural lake piece learning nearly our native California flora life. This 2-mile leisurely hike volition endure led past times Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per mortal Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Ages 8 too up. Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, closed to 3.5-miles S of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.

August 1 – Animals In My Backyard – Preschool Program 
10 – xi a.m.
Come larn all nearly animals y'all discovery inwards your backyard! Class includes hands-on learning, fun crafts, too coming together zoo animals upwards close!
Location: Orange County Zoo. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/oczoo/
Cost: $5 per kid (one 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 iii to iv years old. Parent must accompany kid for duration of program. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to locomote into zoo.

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

August 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24 30, 31  – Redwood Hike
8:30 – 10 a.m.
Join OC Parks' trained staff on an tardily 1.1-mile hike to the park's Coastal Redwood grove. You will use your v senses to engage alongside nature equally y'all stroll to the Redwoods. You volition also cause got an chance to learn nearly our native plants along the way. The hike begins each Sat too Sun morning time at 8:30 a.m. from the park's Nature Center. Don't forget to see our Nature Center when y'all are there, too!
Location: Carbon Canyon Regional Park. 4442 Carbon Canyon Road, Brea, CA 92823
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/carboncanyon/
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 due east goal of the park. Reservations preferred, delight telephone telephone (714) 973-3160 or e-mail carboncanyon@ocparks.com.

August 2 – Exploring Nature alongside a Camera 
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Explore nature inwards the summertime - using a digital camera.  Bring your photographic telly camera too search for interesting shapes, organisms, lighting situations, too colors. Share your ideas alongside other nature enthusiasts!  Hike 2 miles over steep too uneven terrain (400-ft. top gain).
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Ages 12 too up. Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, closed to 3.5-miles S of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.

August 2, 9, 16, 23, 29 – Nature Walk 
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Join our Naturalists on a nature walk too larn nearly Trabuco Canyon animals too nature. Light to moderate walk on to a greater extent than oft than non paved roads. Meet at the Nature Center only within the primary entrance of the park.
Location: O’Neill Regional Park. 30982 Trabuco Canyon Road, Trabuco Canyon, CA 92678
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2260
Special Instructions: All ages welcome. Event is conditional on the weather.

August 2, thirty – Bats of Orange County
7:15 – 8:30 p.m.
Join Park Ranger Brad Barker at Laguna Niguel Regional Park on Saturday, August 2 equally nosotros larn nearly those mysterious creatures of the nighttime - bats! Ranger Barker volition atomic number 82 a 45-minute presentation nearly bats that tin endure flora inwards Orange County. After the presentation, bring together us for a 30-minute walk to the nearby lake equally nosotros await for bats too head for their echolocation using a bat detector.
Location: Laguna Niguel Regional Park. 28241 La Paz Rd., Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/lagunaniguelpark/
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2240
Special Instructions: Meet at the amphitheater. Come early on to await at a bat skeleton too skull.
August 2, 9, 16, 23, thirty – Ranger Led Campfire Program
8 – ix p.m.
Join us Sat nighttime at the amphitheater for this Ranger led verbalize on local creature life, laid to the glow of burn downwardly light. This effect is entirely opened upwards to those camping ground at O’Neill Regional Park. No access for 24-hour interval purpose subsequently sunset.
Location: O’Neill Regional Park. 30982 Trabuco Canyon Road, Trabuco Canyon, CA 92678
Cost: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2260 or (949) 923-2256
Special Instructions: All ages welcome. Event is outdoors too theme on conditions conditions. 

August 2, 9, 16, thirty – Campfire Program
8 – ix p.m.
Every Sat night, join us for a campfire computer program that may include a slide presentation, wilderness safety, games too activities for children, creature adaptations, skins too skulls, a alive creature demonstration too a jeopardy to see the Nature Center. Topics may vary weekly.
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Website: www.ocparks.com/caspers/
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: All ages welcome!

August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 – Nature Hike
8 – ix a.m.
Join our Park Rangers Sun mornings for an tardily 1-mile hike on the Nature Trail. The trail takes visitors through grassland, oak woodland, riparian too sandy cactus scrub communities. Meet at Old Corral Day Use area. Rain volition cancel hike. 
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park.  33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Website: www.ocparks.com/caspers/
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: Wear comfortable wearable too hiking shoes. Sunscreen, H2O too insect repellent are recommended. For additional information, delight telephone telephone the common at (949) 923-2210.

August 5, 12, 19, 26 – Scout Programs
9 a.m. – v p.m.
Tiger Club Discover Nature Program (1st Grade), Wolf Cub Outdoor Adventure (2nd grade), Bear Cub Wildlife Wander (3rdgrade), Webelos Forester Badge Program (4th & 5th grade), Webelos Geologist Badge Program (4th & 5th grade), Webelos Naturalist Badge Program (4th & 5th grade)
Location: Mason Regional Park. 18712 University Drive, Irvine, CA 92612
Cost: No fee, Scout Leader provides badges.
Contact: (949) 923-2230
Special Instructions: For to a greater extent than information, telephone telephone Candi Hubert at (949) 923-2222.

August 5, 9, 19, 23 – Modjeska House Tour 
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Docent-led tour of the historic delineate of piece of occupation solid too grounds.
Location: 25151 Serrano Road, Lake Forest, CA 92630-2534
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/modjeskahouse/
Contact: (949) 923–2230
Cost: $5 per person
Special Instructions: Advance reservations required, telephone telephone (949) 923-2230. Directions provided alongside reservations. 

August six – Animated Animals alongside the Chuck Jones Center
10 – 11:30 a.m.
Learn to describe an creature alongside a Chuck Jones Center creative mortal too encounter an creature upwards close! Learn to a greater extent than nearly the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity too Warner Bros. animation at www.chuckjonescenter.org.
Location: Orange County Zoo. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/oczoo/
Cost: $10 per kid (parent observer - $2 admission fee) 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 ix to xvi years old.

August 7, 28 – Fitness Hike at Little Sycamore
8:30 – xi a.m.
Raise your view charge per unit of measurement too your spirits on this difficult, strenuous too fast-paced, 4.8-mile hike (400-ft. top gain) over really steep, uneven terrain alongside Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.  
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per mortal Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Ages fifteen too up. Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Not for beginners. Hiking poles suggested. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, closed to 3.5-miles S of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.

August 7, 14, 21, 28 – Tideland Tykes
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Join our save staff for a fun-filled raise too kid sense that may include arts too crafts, story telling, hands-on activities or outdoor nature walks. Come prepared for an exciting outdoor experience!
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: $5 per pupil Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Ages 2 to 8 years recommended. Space is express too registration is required. Please telephone telephone (949) 923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.


August vii – 2014 Summer Concert Series – Gardens & Villa alongside Stacy Clark
6 – 8 p.m.
OC Parks welcomes dorsum its annual concert series. Ten gratis concerts at Craig Regional Park, Mason Regional Park, Irvine Regional Park, Mile Square Regional Park too Salt Creek Beach volition introduce local musical artists performing alive inwards the outdoors June through August. On Thursday, August 7, indie stone grouping Gardens & Villa alongside Stacy Clark volition endure playing at Mile Square Regional Park.
All of the OC Parks Summer Concerts are business office of The World Famous KROQ's ROQ N' Surf summertime series. Shows are from six to 8 p.m., gratis concert admission alongside gratis parking too opened upwards to Blue Planet of all ages. Food trucks volition cause got nutrient available for buy at each location. Friends too families are invited to come upwards out too savor groovy local alive music nether the stars at OC Parks this summertime season.
Location: Mile Square Regional Park. 16801 Euclid, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6600
Special Instructions: All ages.

August 8 – Under the Sea – Preschool Program
10 – xi a.m.
Learn nearly the animals inwards the body of body of water including fish, dolphins, sharks, too more! Class includes hands-on learning, fun crafts, too coming together zoo animals upwards close!
Location: Orange County Zoo. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/oczoo/
Cost: $5 per kid (one 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 iii to iv years old. Parent must accompany kid for duration of program. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to locomote into zoo.

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

August ix – California Native Plant & Wildflower Hike     
8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Learn to position native plants alongside Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist on this moderate paced, steep too rocky, 3.5 mile hike (600-ft. top gain).
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per mortal Parking: $3 per vehicle  
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages 12 too up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Willow Canyon Staging Area (20101 Laguna Canyon Road, only S of El Toro Road intersection). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.

August ix – Weekends at the Nix Nature Center: Daytime Astronomy  
1 – iv p.m.
Astronomy inwards the daytime…How does that work? We await out into the heavens inwards the daytime too can’t consider the stars…except for one! Amateur astronomers volition convey their telescopes too solar filters too so y'all tin await for sunspots too other features on our closest star. Make your ain ultraviolet-detecting bracelet too savor other fun-in-the-sun activities! 
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: Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, closed to 3.5-miles S of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.

August 10 – Second Sun Restoration Program
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Join Preserve staff too other volunteers inwards enhancing the Bay’s habitat for local wildlife. Activities may include non-native flora removal, planting natives, watering, trash cleanup too Butterfly Garden maintenance. No sense is necessary; water, snacks too 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 too younger must cause got legal guardian introduce at all times. Space is express too pre-registration is required. Please telephone telephone (949) 923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to register. Rain or oestrus advisories cancels event.

August 10 – The Mysterious World of O’Neill Regional Park  
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Have y'all always wondered “Where are all the wild animals inwards the park?” Visit a Show too Share Exhibit located adjacent to the O’Neill Regional Park’s Nature Center too discovery mysterious clues animals locomote out behind. Free fun crafts too games! thirty infinitesimal moderate nature walk volition follow.
Location: O’Neill Regional Park. 30982 Trabuco Canyon Road, Trabuco Canyon, CA 92678
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2260

August 10 – Ranger-Led Intermediate Mountain Bike Ride
2:30 – iv p.m.
Join the Park Ranger for an intermediate mount wheel ride inwards the wilderness common that encompasses 544 acres over 6.5 miles piece enjoying imperial views. The top gains on the ride are over 600 feet too participants should come upwards prepared alongside a wheel suitable for rugged off-road trails, a helmet, gloves, sturdy shoes, water, too a snack. 
Location: Thomas F. Riley Wilderness Park. 30952 Oso Parkway, Coto de Caza, CA 92679
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/rileypark/
Cost: Free Parking: $3 per vehicle   
Contact: (949) 923–2265
Special Instructions: Meet at the Ranger Station inwards the patio area.

August 12 – Dilley Loop Nature Hike
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Get closed to nature on this leisurely 2-mile hike (370-ft. top gain) over steep too uneven terrain equally y'all spot plants too animals or mayhap their tracks too signs along the way.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per mortal Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Ages 12 too 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, become 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.

August fourteen – Fitness Hike at Willow  
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Raise your view charge per unit of measurement too your spirits on this difficult, strenuous too fast-paced, 5.5-mile hike (400-ft. top gain) over steep too uneven terrain alongside Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per mortal Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen too up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Willow Canyon Staging Area (20101 Laguna Canyon Road, only S of El Toro Road intersection). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.

August fourteen – 2014 Summer Concert Series – Western Standard Time alongside Colin Giles
6 – 8 p.m.
OC Parks welcomes dorsum its annual concert series. Ten gratis concerts at Craig Regional Park, Mason Regional Park, Irvine Regional Park, Mile Square Regional Park too Salt Creek Beach volition introduce local musical artists performing alive inwards the outdoors June through August. On Thursday, August 14, big skatalite tribute band Western Standard Time alongside Colin Giles volition endure playing at Mile Square Regional Park.

All of the OC Parks Summer Concerts are business office of The World Famous KROQ's ROQ N' Surf summertime series. Shows are from six to 8 p.m., gratis concert admission alongside gratis parking too opened upwards to Blue Planet of all ages. Food trucks volition cause got nutrient available for buy at each location. Friends too families are invited to come upwards out too savor groovy local alive music nether the stars at OC Parks this summertime season.
Location: Mile Square Regional Park. 16801 Euclid, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6600
Special Instructions: All ages.

August fifteen – Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Morning Stroll to Barbara’s Lake
8 – 10:30 a.m.
Enjoy an outdoor stroll to Barbara’s Lake (Orange County’s entirely natural lake) on this leisurely paced, level, 2-mile hike alongside Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per mortal Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: All ages welcome! Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, closed to 3.5 miles S of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.

August fifteen – Mason Movie Nights Under the Stars
8 – 10 p.m.
OC Parks is pleased to denote Mason Movie Nights Under the Stars! Join us on August fifteen for a viewing of Despicable Me 2. Bring a chair or blanket too discovery a spot on the grass inwards Mason Park’s beautiful amphitheater. You are welcome to convey your ain picnic, at that spot volition endure gratis popcorn too bottled H2O available for everyone. Additional refreshments volition endure available for a nominal fee.
Location: Mason Regional Park. 18712 University Drive, Irvine, CA 92612
Cost: Free Parking: Free subsequently 6:30 p.m.   
Contact: (949) 923-2220
Special Instructions: Reservations are non necessary. Parking volition endure gratis subsequently 6:30 p.m. too the film volition laid about about sunset, closed to 8:30 p.m. This is an outdoor event, delight clothing accordingly. Rain volition cancel event.

August xvi – Introduction to Mountain Bike Riding
8 – 10 a.m.
Learn mount biking basics too trail etiquette on this 6.8-mile ride over steep too uneven terrain (800-ft. top gain) piece enjoying canyon views. Please come upwards prepared alongside a wheel suitable for off-pavement riding, sturdy shoes, helmet, gloves, H2O too 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
Cost: $2 per mortal Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: 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 call: (949) 497-8324.  

August xvi – Introduction to Mountain Bike Riding
8 – 10 a.m.
Learn mount biking basics too trail etiquette on this 6.8-mile ride over steep too uneven terrain (800-ft. top gain) piece enjoying canyon views. Please come upwards prepared alongside a wheel suitable for off-pavement riding, sturdy shoes, helmet, gloves, H2O too 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
Cost: $2 donation per mortal Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen too up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, 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. 

August xvi – Intermediate Mountain Bike Ride
8 – 10 a.m.
Catch beautiful canyon views on this 10-mile ride over steep too uneven terrain (1,000 ft. top gain) alongside Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer mount wheel trail assistants. This is for INTERMEDIATE riders alongside mount biking experience. Appropriate mount biking equipment required. Must cause got helmet, gloves, hydration; a snack is strongly suggested. Also, endure prepared for varied conditions out inwards the canyons. 
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per mortal Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen too up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, 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.
 
August xvi – Family Hike
3 – v p.m.
Come too savor an easy, 2-mile position unit of measurement hike over moderate but uneven terrain (100-ft. top gain). Starting at Nix Nature Center nosotros volition hike i of the most various areas of the common nether a canopy of oaks to Barbara’s Lake too back. Hike is led past times Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per mortal Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, James Dilley Preserve (east side of Laguna Canyon Rd/Sr-133, only northward of 73 Toll Road). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.

August 17 – Restoration Day 
8 – xi a.m.
Help keep the common y'all honey past times volunteering to assist take non-native brush for burn downwardly suppression too re-vegetation of native plantings. Please have on jeans too durable shoes/boots. Park provides tools/gloves/water. Bring sunscreen/hats/snacks.
Location: Peters Canyon Regional Park. 8548 E. Canyon View Ave., Orange, CA 92869
Website: http://ocparks.com/peterscanyon/
Cost: Free Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6611
Special Instructions: Ideal for ages xvi too up. Minors must endure accompanies past times an adult. Large schoolhouse groups/companies welcome. Call (714) 973-6611 for grouping registration. Click link for online waivers - http://ocparksforms.com/. 

August 21 – Picturing Animals & Their Habitats  
10 – 11:30 a.m.
Create your ain creature scrapbook too larn unlike fine art techniques. Part of degree takes position out inwards the zoo too is taught past times creative mortal docents. Includes coming together an creature upwards 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. For ages v to 8 years old. Parent must accompany kid for duration of program. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to locomote into zoo.

August 21 – 2014 Summer Concert Series – Moonsville Collective alongside Annie McQueen too Summer Watson
6 – 8 p.m.
OC Parks welcomes dorsum its annual concert series. Ten gratis concerts at Craig Regional Park, Mason Regional Park, Irvine Regional Park, Mile Square Regional Park too Salt Creek Beach volition introduce local musical artists performing alive inwards the outdoors June through August. On Thursday, August 21, backyard acoustic jug sensation Moonsville Collective alongside Annie McQueen too Summer Watson will endure playing at Bluff Park at Salt Creek Beach.
All of the OC Parks Summer Concerts are business office of The World Famous KROQ's ROQ N' Surf summertime series. Shows are from six to 8 p.m., gratis concert admission alongside gratis parking too opened upwards to Blue Planet of all ages. Food trucks volition cause got nutrient available for buy at each location. Friends too families are invited to come upwards out too savor groovy local alive music nether the stars at OC Parks this summertime season.
Location: Salt Creek Beach Park, 33333 S. Pacific Coast Hwy., Dana Point, CA 92629
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2280  
Special Instructions: All ages.  

August 22 – Fri Night at the Movies
8 – 10 p.m.
Come consider a gratis screening of Pixar's 3rd installment of the Toy Story serial at Carbon Canyon Regional Park. Bring a blanket or depression dorsum chair too sit down nether the nighttime sky piece enjoying this family-friendly movie!
There volition endure gratis popcorn too other refreshments volition endure available for purchase
Location: Carbon Canyon Regional Park. 4442 Carbon Canyon Road, Brea, CA 92823
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/carboncanyon/
Cost: Free Parking: Free subsequently 6:30 pm
Contact: (714) 973-3160
Special Instructions: All ages. This is an outdoor event, delight clothing accordingly. Please register past times calling (714) 973-3160 or e-mail carboncanyon@ocparks.com.

August 23 – Long Distance Hike inwards the Back Country
8 – 11:30 a.m.
Explore the beauty too multifariousness of ii canyons, Little Sycamore too Laurel Canyon, inwards the backcountry of the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. This volition endure a strenuous, 8.2-mile hike (770-ft. top gain) over rocky too uneven terrain. We volition hike through sycamore too oak woodlands, riparian habitats, coastal sage scrub, too opened upwards grassland. Participants should endure able to hike long distances. For your security too comfort, convey 2-3 liters of water, a hat, a hearty snack too proper hiking shoes.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per mortal Parking: $3 per vehicle   
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen too up. 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, closed to 3.5 miles S of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.

August 23 – Star Party 
8 – ix p.m.
Come for a grand tour of the universe! Join Allan too other amateur astronomers too cause got a await inwards the telescopes to consider Mars too Saturn. Take a guided tour of the summertime constellations too larn the myths too facts nearly the cosmos. Observe the wonders of the nighttime sky including nebulas, galaxies, star clusters too double stars.
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Website: www.ocparks.com/caspers/
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: Held entirely on evenings alongside clear skies. Call common at (949) 923-2210 for weather-sky updates or additional information. 

August 24 – Family Science Sundays: Reptiles 
10 a.m. – iv p.m.
Join us inwards the Muth Interpretive Center classroom on the final Sun of each calendar month for self-guided activities, hands on exploration too arts and crafts fun! This is a FREE computer program too recommended for ages iii to 12.  Each calendar month features a novel educational theme to explore, August – Reptiles too September – Talking Trash. Then, bring together Preserve staff for storytime at xi a.m. too 2 p.m.
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Please e-mail unbic@ocparks.com for to a greater extent than information.

August 28 – 2014 Summer Concert Series – Matt Costa alongside the Wheeland Brothers
6 – 8 p.m.
OC Parks welcomes dorsum its annual concert series. Ten gratis concerts at Craig Regional Park, Mason Regional Park, Irvine Regional Park, Mile Square Regional Park too Salt Creek Beach volition introduce local musical artists performing alive inwards the outdoors June through August. On Thursday, August 28, local indie stone icon Matt Costa and the Wheeland Brothers volition endure playing at Bluff Park at Salt Creek Beach.
All of the OC Parks Summer Concerts are business office of The World Famous KROQ's ROQ N' Surf summertime series. Shows are from six to 8 p.m., gratis concert admission alongside gratis parking too opened upwards to Blue Planet of all ages. Food trucks volition cause got nutrient available for buy at each location. Friends too families are invited to come upwards out too savor groovy local alive music nether the stars at OC Parks this summertime season.
Location: Salt Creek Beach Park. 33333 S. Pacific Coast Hwy., Dana Point, CA 92629
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2280  
Special Instructions: All ages. 

August thirty – Sunset Hike      
6 – 8 p.m.
Hike alongside Ranger Adam Martinez equally the Sun sets over Laurel too Willow canyons. Observe the changes equally 24-hour interval turns to night. Hear the final plane songs. Light interpretation alongside questions welcome. The terrain tin oft endure rocky too uneven.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per mortal Parking: $3 per vehicle  
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages 12 too up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Willow Canyon Staging Area (20101 Laguna Canyon Road, only S of El Toro Road intersection). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324. 
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