OC Parks NOVEMBER 2014 calendar of events
November 1, 15 – Redwood Hike
8:30 – 10 a.m.
Join OC Parks' trained staff on the initiative of all together with 3rd Sabbatum of the calendar month for an piece of cake 1.1-mile hike to the park's Coastal Redwood grove. You will use your five senses to engage amongst nature equally y'all stroll to the Redwoods. You volition also induce got an chance to learn almost our native plants along the way. The hike begins each Sabbatum together with Dominicus 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
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 E halt of the park. Reservations preferred, delight telephone telephone (714) 973-3160 or electronic mail carboncanyon@ocparks.com. H5N1 minimum grouping of five or to a greater extent than is needed for a staff led interpretive hike.
November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 – Nature Walk
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Join our Naturalists on a nature walk together with acquire almost Trabuco Canyon animals together with nature. Light to moderate walk on generally paved roads. Meet at the Nature Center only within the nous entrance of the park.
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
Special Instructions: All ages welcome. Event is conditional on the weather.
November 1 – CPF Monthly Meeting
9:30 – xi a.m.
Interested inwards volunteering at Caspers Wilderness Park? Join the Caspers Park Foundation (CPF) for their monthly volunteer coming together held inwards the Caspers Wilderness Park Nature Center. This is a bang-up chance to acquire only what volunteers, create equally good equally encounter others who dear nature, the outdoors together with preserving the common for all.
General draw of piece of employment organisation coming together starts at 9:30 a.m., followed yesteryear an informative lecture presented yesteryear invitee speakers at 10 a.m. November Guest Speaker – Kim Casey. Subject – OC Parks Volunteer Orientation.
General draw of piece of employment organisation coming together starts at 9:30 a.m., followed yesteryear an informative lecture presented yesteryear invitee speakers at 10 a.m. November Guest Speaker – Kim Casey. Subject – OC Parks Volunteer Orientation.
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: Ages sixteen years together with up. For to a greater extent than information, telephone telephone the common utilization at (949) 923-2210.
November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 – Guided Interpretive Hike
10 – xi a.m.
Join our naturalists on a nature walk together with acquire almost the local plants, animals together with history of Irvine Park. Light to moderate walking on both paved paths together with 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.
November 1 – Family Hike
3 – five p.m.
Come together with savour an easy, 2-mile household unit of measurement hike over moderate but uneven terrain (100-ft. transcend gain). Starting at Nix Nature Center nosotros volition hike 1 of the most various areas of the common nether a canopy of oaks to Barbara’s Lake together with back. Hike is led yesteryear Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers. Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Cost: $2 donation per soul 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 due north of 73 Toll Road). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat/Sun.
November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 – Ranger Led Campfire Program
8 – nine p.m.
Join us on Sabbatum nights at the amphitheater for this Ranger led verbalise on local animate beingness life, laid to the glow of give the sack light. This number is exclusively opened upward to those camping ground at O’Neill Regional Park. No access for 24-hour interval utilization afterward sunset.
Location: O’Neill Regional Park. 30982 Trabuco Canyon Road, Trabuco Canyon, CA 92678
Website: www.ocparks.com/oneillpark/
Cost: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2260 or (949) 923-2256
Special Instructions: All ages welcome. Event is outdoors together with subject on conditions conditions.
November 1 – Campfire Program
8 – nine p.m.
Join us for a campfire programme that may include a slide presentation, wilderness safety, games together with activities for children, animate beingness adaptations, skins together with skulls, a alive animate beingness demonstration together with a adventure 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!
November 2 – H5N1 Walk inwards the Park
8:30 – xi a.m.
Bring the household unit of measurement to thought the landmark Aliso Creek restoration projection together with search for OC’s native wild fauna on the Aliso Creek Trail East. This is a 2.5-mile, flat terrain, leisurely hike (50-ft. transcend gain) through riparian (near water) together with grassland habitats. Led yesteryear OC Parks Resource Specialist Rick Schaffer.
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: Free Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages vii together with up. 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, initiative of all correct on Awma Road, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat/Sun.
November 2 – Meditating inwards Nature
3:30 – five p.m.
Relax inwards nature. Enjoy walking meditation, breathing together with energization exercises, together with sitting meditation. Bring a blanket together with a pillow. No sense necessary.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages sixteen together with up. Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, or together with so 3.5-miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat/Sun.
November 4, 8, 18, 22 – Modjeska House Tour
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Docent-led tour of the historic solid together with grounds.
Location: 25151 Serrano Road, Lake Forest, CA 92630-2534
Contact: (949) 923–2230
Cost: $5 per person
Special Instructions: Advance reservations required, telephone telephone (949) 923-2230. Directions provided amongst reservations.
November half dozen – Fitness Hike at Dilley
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Raise your pump charge per unit of measurement together with your spirits on this strenuous, fast-paced, 5.5-mile hike over steep together with uneven terrain (900-ft. transcend 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: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen together with up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 South to stoplight at 73 turn-off; build a U-turn, become 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat/Sun.
November 6, thirteen – Tideland Tykes
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Join our save staff for a fun-filled raise together with kid sense that may include arts together with crafts, storytelling, hands-on activities or outdoor nature walks. Come prepared for an exciting outdoor experience!
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: $5 per educatee Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Ages 2 to 8 years recommended. Space is express together with registration is required. Please telephone telephone (949) 923-2275, or electronic mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.
November half dozen – Seaweed, Salmon & Manzanita Cider
6 p.m.
Join us for our opening reception of “Seaweed, Salmon together with Manzanita Cider.” Jeannine Pedersen, Archaeology Curator at the medico John D. Cooper Center volition furnish a curt history verbalise on our local Orange County Indian tribes at half dozen p.m. on Nov 6, 2014. Dessert together with cider volition survive served.
The traveling exhibition includes:
- Historic contemporary California Indian artifacts used to hunt, get together together with procedure California Indian native foods.
- Historic contemporary photographs of California Indian peoples gathering, preparing together with enjoying traditional food.
- Contemporary photographs of Indian nutrient resources.
- Preserved or processed examples of types of California Indian foods.
- Recipe pads allowing visitors to induce got habitation some ways to savour California Indian foods
Location: Old County Courthouse. 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd., Santa Ana, CA 92701
Cost: Free to Earth
November vii – Explore the Plants on the Trail to Barbara’s Lake
9 – 11:30 a.m.
Join us on a wonderful morning time walk to Orange County’s exclusively natural lake piece learning almost our native California found life. This 2-mile leisurely hike volition survive led yesteryear Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages 8 together with up. Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, or together with so 3.5-miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat/Sun.
November 7, nineteen – Wild North America – Preschool Program
10 – xi a.m.
Come honor out what kinds of animals nosotros honor on our ain continent! Class includes hands-on learning, spooky crafts, together with coming together zoo animals upward close.
Location: Orange County Zoo. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/oczoo/
Cost: $5 per 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 3 to iv years old. Parent must accompany kid for duration of program. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to acquire inwards zoo.
November 7, 14, 28 – 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, hands-on activities together with nature walks. Come prepared for an exciting outdoor experience!
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: $5 per educatee Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Ages 2 to 8 years. Space is express together with pre-registration is required. Please telephone telephone (949) 923-2275, or electronic mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.
November vii – Irvine Regional Park Night Owl Hike
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Come see Irvine Regional Park inwards a completely unlike setting – inwards the dark! Park rangers volition atomic number 82 a starlit hike showcasing the natural wonders that tin exclusively survive seen at night. The Night Owl Hike volition characteristic many fun activities including:
- A see to the nature center.
- Live animate beingness presentation.
- Hike through the wilderness area.
- Hot cocoa together with cookies.
Location: Irvine Regional Park. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869 Website: www.ocparks.com/irvinepark/
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (714) 973–6835
Special Instructions: This is an outdoor event. Please wearing clothing warmly amongst practiced walking shoes together with a flashlight. Park inwards parking lot #19, close the Nature Center.
November 8 – 2nd Sabbatum Trail Work Day
8:30 – xi a.m.
Come bring together common staff together with our trail leaders yesteryear volunteering to attention amongst habitat restoration, non-native found removal together with trail run throughout Irvine Regional Park. Please wearable jeans together with durable shoes or boots. Park provides tools together with gloves. Bring sunscreen, hat, snacks together with 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 together with up. Minors must survive accompanied yesteryear an adult. Large schoolhouse groups/companies welcome, telephone telephone (714) 973-6836 for grouping registration.
November 8 – California Native Plant & Wildflower Hike
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Learn to position native plants amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists on this moderate paced, steep together with rocky, 3.5-mile hike (600-ft. transcend gain).
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages 12 together with up. 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, or together with so 3.5-miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat/Sun.
November 8 – Morning 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, delight encounter on the patio at 8:45 a.m. Restrooms together with H2O springtime are available. The hike is on both paved together with dirt paths amongst generally apartment surfaces.
This hike explores the uplands surface area of the bay – amongst opportunities to see birds, mammals together with reptiles that build this habitat their home. Minimal interpretation, but questions are welcomed.
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: $5 per educatee Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Space is express together with pre-registration is required. Please telephone telephone (949) 923-2275, or electronic mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.
November 8, 29 – Beginning Archery Class
9 – 10 a.m.
Join Park Rangers together with volunteers for an introductory archery flat at the build novel archery hit at Mile Square Regional Park. This one-hour flat volition innovate participants to basics of the exciting sport of 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: Participants must survive at to the lowest degree 12 years old. Equipment is provided. Pre-registration is required, delight see letsgooutside.org.
November 8 – Hoot ‘N Howling Night Hike
5:30– 7:30 p.m.
Come see Carbon Canyon Regional Park inwards a completely unlike setting - inwards the dark! Park rangers volition atomic number 82 a starlit hike showcasing the natural wonders that tin exclusively survive seen at night.
The Hoot 'N Howling Night Hike volition characteristic many fun activities, including:
• H5N1 see to the Nature Center
• H5N1 alive animate beingness presentation
• Hot cocoa together with cookies
• H5N1 hike through the wilderness area
• Parking together with the number are FREE!
The Hoot 'N Howling Night Hike volition characteristic many fun activities, including:
• H5N1 see to the Nature Center
• H5N1 alive animate beingness presentation
• Hot cocoa together with cookies
• H5N1 hike through the wilderness area
• Parking together with the number are FREE!
Location: Carbon Canyon Regional Park. 4442 Carbon Canyon Road, Brea, CA 92823
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-3160
Special Instructions: Space is limited, delight telephone telephone to register: (714) 973-3160 or electronic mail carboncanyon@ocparks.com. This is an outdoor event. Please wearing clothing warmly, wearable practiced walking shoes together with pick out a flashlight. (No pets please)
November nine – Introduction to Mountain Bike Riding
8 – 10 a.m.
Join Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer Mountain Bike Trail Assistants on this beautiful 8-mile wheel ride (400-ft. transcend gain) on uneven terrain. Learn mount biking basics together with trail etiquette piece enjoying the canyon views. Please come upward prepared amongst a wheel suitable for off-pavement riding, sturdy shoes, helmet, gloves, H2O together with snack.
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen together with up. 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, initiative of all correct on Awma Road, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat/Sun.
November nine – Intermediate Mountain Bike Riding
8 – 10 a.m.
Catch beautiful canyon views on this 10-mile ride over steep together with uneven terrain (1,600-ft transcend gain) amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer mount wheel trail assistants. This is for INTERMEDIATE riders amongst mount biking experience. Appropriate mount biking equipment required. Must induce got helmet, gloves, hydration; a snack is strongly suggested. Also, survive prepared for varied conditions out inwards the canyons. This wheel ride is non for beginners.
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: This wheel ride is non for beginners. 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, initiative of all correct on Awma Road, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
November nine – Dominicus Fitness Hike
8:30 – xi a.m.
Enjoy a fresh, coastal breeze equally y'all acquire your workout inwards the common on this strenuous fast-paced, 6.5-mile hike over steep together with uneven terrain (1,100-ft transcend gain). Hike through lush Wood Canyon together with upward surrounding ridges amongst OC Parks Resource Specialist Rick Schaffer.
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen together with 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] together with correct on Canyon Vistas. For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat/Sun.
November nine – Second Dominicus Restoration Program
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Join Preserve staff together with other volunteers inwards enhancing the Bay’s habitat for local wildlife. Activities may include non-native found removal, planting natives, watering, trash cleanup together with Butterfly Garden maintenance. No sense is necessary; water, snacks together with 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 sixteen together with younger must induce got legal guardian acquaint at all times. Space is express together with pre-registration is required. Please telephone telephone (949) 923-2275, or electronic mail unbic@ocparks.com to register. Rain or estrus advisories cancels event.
November nine – Geology Hike at Willow
1 – 3:30 p.m.
Enjoy an afternoon of unspoiled canyon views together with acquire almost the geology of this area. The rocks together with fossils divulge fascinating stories almost the park’s ancient environments. This volition survive a 3.5-mile hike over steep together with uneven terrain (600-ft. transcend gain).
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen together with 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 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat/Sun.
November xi – Dilley Loop Nature Hike
9 – xi a.m.
Get unopen to nature on this leisurely 2-mile hike (370-ft. transcend gain) over steep together with uneven terrain equally y'all location plants together with animals or perhaps their tracks together with signs along the way.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages 12 together with up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 South to stoplight at 73 turn-off; build a U-turn, become 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat/Sun.
November 12 – Yoga Hike
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Stretch your heed together with trunk on this 2.4-mile hike amongst a yoga twist over steep together with uneven terrain (100-ft. transcend gain) led yesteryear Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages 12 together with 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] together with correct on Canyon Vistas. For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat/Sun.
November thirteen – Fitness Hike at Little Sycamore
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Raise your pump charge per unit of measurement together with your spirits on this difficult, strenuous together with fast-paced, 4.8-mile hike (400-ft. transcend 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/
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen together with 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, or together with so 3.5-miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat/Sun.
November thirteen – Animal Art I – Preschool Program
10 – xi a.m.
Join us for an hr of inventiveness together with fun amongst an animate beingness theme! Class includes hands-on learning, spooky crafts, together with coming together zoo animals upward close. Come ready to acquire a picayune messy!
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 3 to iv years old. Parent must accompany kid for duration of program. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to acquire inwards zoo.
November xiv – Wood Canyon Discovery Hike
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Explore beautiful Wood Canyon together with uncovering its wild fauna amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists on this moderate but steep, uneven together with rocky, 5-mile hike (200-ft. transcend gain).
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: 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] together with correct on Canyon Vistas. For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat/Sun.
November fifteen – Kids’ Fishing Clinic
7 – xi a.m.
OC Parks would similar to invite y'all together with your kids to a fun morning time of line-fishing at Irvine Regional Park. This Kids’ Fishing Clinic is designed to instruct kids how to fish piece giving them an chance to pick out handle of a few from our pond. Instructors volition survive on manus to demonstrate, attention together with respond questions.
Location: Irvine Regional Park. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973–6835
Special Instructions: Kids exclusively (16 together with under) until xi a.m. Fishing poles available for loan if needed. Two fish limit, prizes for tagged fish. Registration is required at the OC Parks check-in tabular array on the 24-hour interval of the event.
November fifteen – Keep It Wild Volunteer Day
8 – xi a.m.
Come on out together with aid restore the wild lands nosotros together with so enjoy! There’s no meliorate agency to start a Sabbatum morning time than yesteryear joining Laguna Canyon Foundation together with OC Parks staff inwards an invigorating projection of non-native found removal and/or planting native plants. Help us build a healthier surround for the native wild fauna together with for ourselves.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Cost: Free Parking: Free for Keep It Wild Volunteers
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Little Sycamore Staging Are/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, or together with so 3.5 miles southward of I 5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat/Sun.
November fifteen – Keep It Wild Volunteer Day
8 – xi a.m.
Come on out together with aid restore the wild lands nosotros together with so enjoy! What meliorate agency to start a Sabbatum morning time than to bring together Laguna Canyon Foundation together with OC Parks staff inwards an invigorating projection of non-native found removal an/or planting native plants. Help us build a healthier surround for native wild fauna together with for ourselves.
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: Free Parking: Free for Keep It Wild Volunteers
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Ranger Headquarters, 28373 Alicia Parkway (from southbound Aliso Creek Road, plough correct on Alicia Parkway, initiative of all correct on Awma Road, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat/Sun.
November sixteen – Family Hike inwards the Canyon
8:30 – xi a.m.
Enjoy a hike amongst your household unit of measurement inwards the beautifully lush Wood Canyon, piece exploring its wild fauna amongst OC Parks Resource Specialist Rick Schaffer. This is a moderate 2-mile hike (300-ft transcend gain) over uneven together with rocky terrain.
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages vii together with 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] together with correct on Canyon Vistas. For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat/Sun.
November sixteen – Restoration Day
8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Want to savour the outdoors together with aid induce got automobile of common ecosystems? Join us for Restoration Days at Peters Canyon Regional Park every 3rd Dominicus from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
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 telephone telephone to register at (714) 973-6611 or electronic mail us at peterscanyon@ocparks.com. Recommended to pick out H2O together with snacks, induce got sunscreen, together with wearable pants, long slumber shirts together with boots.
Special Instructions: Please telephone telephone to register at (714) 973-6611 or electronic mail us at peterscanyon@ocparks.com. Recommended to pick out H2O together with snacks, induce got sunscreen, together with wearable pants, long slumber shirts together with boots.
November sixteen – Morning Walk Around the Lake
9 – xi a.m.
Come savour a wonderful morning time walk about the lake together with acquire almost the native plants together with critters inwards the park. This is an piece of cake 2.5-mile walk (both paved together with dirt trail) amongst no transcend gain. Led yesteryear 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: $2 donation per soul Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2240
Special Instructions: Ages 8 together with up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Meet at the parking lot inwards front end of Shelter 3. For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
November eighteen – Book Hike
9 – xi a.m.
Engage your encephalon along amongst your trunk on a 4-mile hike inwards beautiful Aliso & Wood Canyons piece nosotros part our favorite books. Come prepared to contribute a championship or 2 together with acquire out amongst the anticipation of some bang-up novel reads equally good equally a relaxed together with exercised body. Led yesteryear a Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist & reader. Elevation gain of 300 ft. on terrain that tin survive uneven together with rocky. H5N1 hat, sunscreen, hiking shoes, H2O together with snack are recommended.
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: 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] together with correct on Canyon Vistas. For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2200 Sat/Sun.
November xx – Fitness Hike at Ridge Park
8:30 – xi a.m.
Raise your pump charge per unit of measurement together with your spirits on this difficult, strenuous together with fast-paced, 6.5-mile hike (700-ft. transcend 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/
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen together with up. Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Not for beginners. Hiking poles suggested. Ridge Park Staging Area (Newport Coast Drive to Ridge Park Rd. E to end; encounter at the gate.) For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat/Sun.
November 21 – H5N1 Morning Stroll to Barbara’s Lake
9 – 11:30 a.m.
Enjoy an outdoor stroll to Barbara’s Lake (Orange County’s exclusively natural lake) on this leisurely paced, level, 2-mile hike amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Cost: $2 donation per soul 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, or together with so 3.5 miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
November 21 – Tot Walk
9 – xi a.m.
Join Ranger Zak along amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers together with pick out your immature ones (infant to historic menstruum three) to explore Aliso's wild backyard. We volition see bugs, animate beingness tracks, plants, birds together with induce got all kinds of outdoor fun!
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: Free Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen together with up. 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, initiative of all correct on Awma Road, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
November 21 – Feathery Friends – Preschool Program
10 – xi a.m.
Come acquire almost birds that tin wing together with fifty-fifty those that can’t fly! Class includes hands-on learning, fun crafts, together with coming together zoo animals upward close.
Location: Orange County Zoo. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/oczoo/
Cost: $5 per 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 3 to iv years old. Parent must accompany kid for duration of program. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to acquire inwards zoo.
November 22 – Let’s Go Hiking
8 – 10:30 a.m.
Do y'all desire to induce got a hike amongst other nature enthusiasts? Enjoy a 3.8-mile, moderate (600-ft. transcend gain) hike through Laurel together with Willow canyons amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers. You volition sense a diverseness of found communities, from Coastal Sage Scrub to Oak Woodland together with savour a thought of the bounding main at the top. Minimal interpretation, but questions welcome. The terrain tin ofttimes survive rocky together with uneven. Participants should pick out water, a hat, a snack together with wearable proper hiking shoes.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen together with 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 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat/Sun.
November 22– Star Party
7 – nine p.m.
Come for a grand tour of the universe! Join Allan together with other amateur astronomers together with induce got a await inwards the telescopes to see the marvels of the sky. Take a guided tour of the constellations together with acquire the myths together with facts almost the cosmos. Observe the wonders of the nighttime heaven including nebulas, galaxies, star clusters together with double stars.
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: Held exclusively on evenings amongst clear skies (good weather). Call the common at (949) 923-2210 for weather/sky updates or additional information.
November 23 – Birding Walk
8 – xi a.m.
Spot native together with wintertime resident birds amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists on this 2-mile hike over uneven terrain (up to 400-ft. transcend gain) through 1 of the most various found communities inwards the United States. Wear hiking or walking shoes together with pick out your binoculars.
Location: Laguna Niguel Regional Park. 28241 La Paz Road, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Website: http://ocparks.com/lagunaniguelpark/
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2240
Special Instructions: Ages 12 together with up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 southward to stoplight at 73 turn-off; build a U-turn, become 1 block; Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324 M-F or (949) 923-2235 Sat/Sun.
November 25 – Beginning Fitness Hike
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Now is a bang-up fourth dimension to start a novel fitness routine starting fourth dimension amongst an piece of cake 2-mile hike over moderate but uneven terrain to Barbara’s Lake together with dorsum (100-ft. transcend gain). Join a Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer together with registered dietitian to acquire almost fitness together with nutrition during this 1.5-hour hike.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Cost: $2 donation per soul Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Ages 12 together with up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 South to stoplight at 73 turn-off; build a U-turn, become 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324. Wear walking or hiking shoes, hat, sunscreen together with pick out water.
November 28 – Wobble Walk
9 – 11:30 a.m.
Walk off your Thanksgiving dinner on this slow-paced, 2-mile hike (400-ft. transcend gain) over steep together with uneven terrain amongst 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: 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, or together with so 3.5-miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
November 28 – Orange Friday
2 – five p.m.
After overeating together with hitting upward the post-Thanksgiving sales, come upward out to the common to give the sack off some extra calories together with arrive the vacation spirit! OC Parks invites y'all to the initiative of all "Orange Friday" at Irvine Regional Park.
Orange Fri is a family-friendly number amongst something for everyone! There volition survive 3 options available:
- A Santa Cruise for the mount bikers.
- A Snowman Stroll for the hikers. There volition also survive a ranger-led interpretive hike starting fourth dimension at 3 p.m.
- A Rudolph Ride for the equestrians.
Costumes are encouraged based on your category. Come dressed to impress, equally prizes volition survive awarded to the best dressed inwards each category. There volition survive enough of giveaways! No 1 volition become habitation empty handed!
Location: Irvine Regional Park. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Cost: Free Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973–6835
Special Instructions: All ages welcome.
November 29 – Weekends at the Nix Nature Center: American Indian Stories, Toys together with Games
1 – iv p.m.
Join the talented Acjachemen performer, Jacque Nunez, equally she transports y'all into the life together with traditions of the Acjachemen people – together with into the footing of our shared past. Jacque Nunez’s presentation volition survive at 2 p.m. Make your ain American Indian toys, games, together with arts and crafts items to induce got habitation – or to give equally gifts for the holidays! Learn to utilization a pump drill!
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: www.ocparks.com/lagunacoast/
Cost: Free, donations appreciated 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, or together with so 3.5-miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
November xxx – Family Science Sunday: Nature’s Harvest
10 a.m. – iv p.m.
Nature’s Harvest - Learn all almost seeds, nuts, acorns together with the animals that dear them. FREE activities inwards the Muth Interpretive Center classroom 1 time a month, each amongst a unlike educational theme to explore. The activities are self-guided together with may include hands on exhibits, exterior hikes, crafts together with more. Then bring together Preserve staff for storytime at xi a.m. together with 2 p.m.
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Recommended for ages 3 to 12.
November xxx – There’s More Than Meets The Eye At Clark Park
1 – 3:30 p.m.
Have y'all e'er wondered “Where are all the animals inwards the park?” but haven’t a clue? See the common through the eyes of a Ranger together with uncovering the hidden clues. Find out what animals ruled the province inwards Clark Park 10,000 years agone together with what animals dominion today. Visit amongst Rangers at a Share together with Show Exhibit located at Clark Park’s Fossil Museum front end patio from 1 to 3 p.m. together with uncovering the secrets of Clark Park. A moderate, 30–minute, ¾-of-a-mile, Ranger-led nature walk volition follow. The walk volition laid about at the Share together with Show Exhibit, go along yesteryear Elephant together with Camel Hill together with upward Camel Hill, the highest betoken of Clark Park earlier looping dorsum to the starting point. Fun activities volition survive available for both children together with adults.
Location: Clark Regional Park. 8800 Rosecrans Ave., Buena Park, CA 90621
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973–3170