Here are some highlights from the OC Parks Oct Calendar of events, if y'all are looking for hiking ideas or other outdoor events inwards the calendar month of October, brand certain to banking concern check our some of these peachy events!
OC Parks OCTOBER 2013 calendar of events
October 1, 12, 15, 26 – Modjeska House Tour
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Docent-led tour of the historic trace of piece of employment solid as well as grounds.
Mailing Address Online: 25151 Serrano Road, Lake Forest, CA 92630-2534
Contact: (949) 923–2230
Special Instructions: Advance reservations required. Call (949) 923-2230. Directions provided amongst reservations.
October 1 - 31 – Irvine Park Railroad Pumpkin Patch
10 a.m. – v p.m. Weekdays, 10 a.m. – half dozen p.m. Weekends
Irvine Park Railroad’s 8th annual pumpkin patch is fun for the entire family! The pumpkin patch opens daily at 10 a.m. showtime Sept. 21 through Oct. 31. Activities include develop rides, hay rides, a friendly haunted house, a hay maze, a Luna bounce, confront icon (weekends only), icon stands, as well as a lot more.
Admission into the pumpkin patch is free. Prices for all other activities vary. For additional data as well as costs, delight view www.irvineparkrailroad.com. Location: Irvine Regional Park. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Cost: Free Parking: $3 per vehicle weekdays, $5 per vehicle weekends
Contact: (714) 973-6847
Special Instructions: All ages.
October 2 – Caspers Bird Walk
8 – xi a.m.
Join Naturalist Diane Etchison on a aeroplane walk at Caspers Wilderness Park. All levels of birders are welcome. As a wild animals sanctuary, the green is domicile to an abundant publish of native species of birds as well as mammals. Come prepared for a morning time of exploring equally nosotros spotter the birds of Caspers Wilderness Park. Rain cancels. For additional information, contact the green at (949) 923-2210.
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Cost: Free Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: Ages 12 as well as up. Wear comfortable clothes as well as hiking shoes. Bring binoculars, Sun protection as well as water. Meet at Old Corral Day Use Area.
October iii – 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. altitude gain) over rattling steep, uneven terrain amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per individual Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages fifteen as well as up. Not for beginners. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, around 3.5-miles due south of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31– Tideland Tykes
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Join our save staff for a fun-filled nurture as well as kid sense that may include arts as well as crafts, 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 as well as registration is required. Please telephone telephone (949) 923-2275, or electronic mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.
October four – 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 entirely natural lake spell learning well-nigh our native California establish life. This 2-mile leisurely hike volition hold out 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 individual Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 8 as well as up. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, around 3.5-miles due south of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
October 4, 11, 18, 25 – 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 well-nigh the natural history of the Bay through crafts, hands-on activities as well as nature walks. Come prepared for an exciting outdoor experience!
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: $5 per pupil Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Ages 2 to 8 years. Space is express as well as pre-registration is required. Please telephone telephone (949) 923-2275, or electronic mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.
October 5, 12, 19, 26 – Redwood Grove 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 amongst nature equally y'all stroll to the Redwoods. You volition also cause got an chance to learn well-nigh our native plants along the way. The hike begins each Sabbatum morning time at 8:30 a.m. as well as Sun mornings at 9:30 a.m. from the park's Nature Center. Don't forget to view 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 scream upward water, sunscreen, hat, hiking shoes. Meet at Nature Center located at eastward cease of the park. Reservations preferred, delight telephone telephone (714) 973-3160 or electronic mail carboncanyon@ocparks.com.
October 5, 12, 26 – Nature Walk
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Join our naturalists on a nature walk as well as acquire well-nigh Trabuco Canyon animals as well as nature. Light to moderate walk on generally paved roads. Meet at the Nature Center but within the principal 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. Meet at the Nature Center but within the principal entrance.
October 5 – Caspers Park Foundation Meeting
9:30 – xi a.m.
Interested inwards volunteering at Caspers Wilderness Park? Join our monthly coming together held inwards the Caspers Wilderness Park Nature Center. This is a peachy chance to acquire but what volunteer’s do, equally good equally encounter others who honey nature, the outdoors, as well as preserving the green for all. Meeting starts at 9:30 a.m., followed past times an informative lecture presented past times invitee speakers at 10 a.m.
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 as well as up. For to a greater extent than information, telephone telephone the green component at (949) 923-2207.
October v – Walk inwards Our Wild Side Nature Walk
10 – xi a.m.
Join a Park Naturalist on an tardily walk around 1 mile long inwards our Natural Area. See birds, hawks, insects, butterflies, as well as native plants. Recommended: Hat, binoculars, drinking water, as well as comfortable shoes.
Location: Mile Square Regional Park. 16801 Euclid, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6600
Special Instructions: Meet at the entrance of the Natural Area located side past times side to parking Lot F. Rain volition cancel walk.
October v – Family Hike
3 – v p.m.
Join us on this rattling enjoyable, tardily 3-mile hike over moderate but uneven terrain (100-ft. altitude gain). Families welcome. You volition hike inwards i of the most various areas inwards the park, through a canopy of oaks past times Barbara’s Lake as well as back. Led past times Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per individual Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 due 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.
October v – Bats of Orange County
6:15 – 7:30 p.m.
Join Park Ranger Brad Barker equally nosotros acquire well-nigh those mysterious creatures of the black – bats. Ranger Barker volition Pb a 45 infinitesimal presentation learning well-nigh the bats of Orange County. Then, bring together us for a xxx infinitesimal circular trip walk equally nosotros looks for bats as well as hear for their echolocation using a bat detector. Come early on to expect at a bat skeleton as well as skull.
Location: O’Neill Regional Park. 30982 Trabuco Canyon Road, Trabuco Canyon, CA 92678
Cost: Free Parking: Free for programme participants
Contact: (949) 923-2260
Special Instructions: All ages welcome. Event is outdoors as well as subject on conditions conditions.
October 5, 12, 19, 26 – Ranger Led Campfire Program
8 – nine p.m.
Join us Sabbatum black at the amphitheater for this Ranger led speak on local animate beingness life, laid to the glow of burn downward light. This resultant is entirely opened upward to those camping ground at O’Neill Regional Park. No access for 24-hour interval role 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 as well as subject on conditions conditions.
October 5, 12, 19, 26 – Campfire Program
8 – nine p.m.
Every Sabbatum night, join us for a campfire programme that may include a slide presentation, wilderness safety, games as well as activities for children, animate beingness adaptations, skins as well as skulls, a alive animate beingness demonstration as well as a take a chance to view 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!
October 6, 13, 20, 27 – Nature Hike
8 – nine 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 as well as sandy cactus scrub communities. Meet at Old Corral Day Use area. If rain, hike canceled.
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park. 33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions: For to a greater extent than information, telephone telephone the green at (949) 923-2210. Wear comfortable clothing, hiking shoes, sunscreen, as well as insect repellent are recommended.
October half dozen – Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Walk inwards the Park
8:30 – 10 a.m.
Bring the menage unit of measurement to stance the landmark Aliso Creek restoration projection as well as search for OC’s native wild animals on the Aliso Creek Trail East. This is a 2.5-mile grade terrain, leisurely hike (50-ft. altitude gain) through riparian as well as grassland habitats led past times OC Parks Resource Specialist Rick Schaffer.
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 vii as well as up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Ranger Headquarters, 28373 Alicia Pkwy (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plow correct on Alicia Pkwy, initiatory of all correct on Awma Road, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324. October half dozen – 1st Sun Restoration Program at Talbert Nature Preserve
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Come bring together us for some R&R at Talbert Regional Park inwards Costa Mesa equally nosotros boot off the first community based Talbert Restoration & Revitalization Project. Learn well-nigh the native plants as well as wild animals of our Coastal zone. We volition encounter the 1st Sun of each calendar month nine a.m. to 12 p.m. at the corner of 19th St. as well as Balboa Blvd. inwards Costa Mesa. Each volunteer volition have a coupon for a gratis barbecue corn at the Lion's Club annual Fish Fry carnival event! Contact (714) 376-7414 for to a greater extent than information.
Location: Talbert Nature Preserve. 1298 Victoria Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92627.
Cost: Free Parking: Free
October 6, 13, 20, 27 – Redwood Grove Hike
9:30 – xi 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 amongst nature equally y'all stroll to the Redwoods. You volition also cause got an chance to learn well-nigh our native plants along the way. The hike begins each Sabbatum morning time at 8:30 a.m. as well as Sun mornings at 9:30 a.m. from the park's Nature Center. Don't forget to view 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 scream upward water, sunscreen, hat, hiking shoes. Meet at Nature Center located at eastward cease of the park. Reservations preferred, delight telephone telephone (714) 973-3160 or electronic mail carboncanyon@ocparks.com.
October half dozen – Nature Center Open
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
The Nature Center opened upward the 1st Sun of each month. Join a Park Ranger for a tour of the nature centre as well as acquire well-nigh local history, flora as well as fauna.
Location: Santiago Oaks Regional Park. 2145 N. Windes Drive, Orange, CA 92869
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6620
Special Instructions: All ages.
October 8 – Dilley Loop Nature Hike
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Get closed to nature on this leisurely 2-mile hike (370-ft. altitude gain) over steep as well as uneven terrain equally y'all spot plants as well as animals or perhaps their tracks as well as signs along the way.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per individual Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 12 as well as up. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 due south to stoplight at 73 turn-off; brand a U-turn, become 1 block. Dilley is on the right).
October nine – Yoga Hike
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Stretch your heed as well as trunk on this 2.4-mile hike amongst a yoga twist over steep as well as uneven terrain (100-ft. altitude gain) led past times Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers. For ages 12 as well as up.
Location: Aliso as well as Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: $2 donation per individual Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages 12 as well as up. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area, Gate vii (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plow correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] as well as correct on Canyon Vistas to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
October 10 – Fitness Hike at Ridge Park
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, 6.5-mile hike (510-ft. altitude gain) over rattling steep, uneven terrain amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per individual Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages fifteen as well as up. Not for beginners. Hiking poles suggested. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Ridge Park Staging Area (Newport Coast Drive to Ridge Park Rd. eastward to end; encounter at the gate). For questions telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
October xi – Discovery Hike
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Explore beautiful Wood Canyon as well as discovery its wild animals amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists on this moderate, but steep, uneven as well as rocky 5-mile hike (200-ft. altitude gain).
Location: Aliso as well as Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: $2 donation per individual 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, Gate vii (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plow correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] as well as correct on Canyon Vistas to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
October 11, 18, 30, 31 – Bats, Cats & Spiders – Toddler Program
10 – xi a.m.
Come acquire well-nigh creatures that are associated amongst Halloween! Class includes hands-on learning, fun, spooky 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 nurture included) Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6846
Special Instructions: PHONE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Call Marcy Crede-Booth, Education Coordinator at (714) 973-6846. For ages iii to four years old. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to go inwards zoo. Please Federal Reserve annotation spaces fill upward speedily for toddler classes.
October 12 – Sabbatum Fitness Hike
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Enjoy a fresh, coastal breeze equally y'all acquire your workout inwards the green on this strenuous fast-paced, 6.5-mile hike over steep as well as uneven terrain (1,100-ft altitude gain). Hike through lush Wood Canyon as well as upward surrounding ridges amongst OC Parks Resource Specialist Rick Schaffer.
Location: Aliso as well as Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
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, Gate vii (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plow correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] as well as correct on Canyon Vistas to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
October 12 – 2nd Sabbatum Trail Work Day
8:30 – xi a.m.
Come bring together green staff as well as our trail leaders past times volunteering to assist amongst habitat restoration, non-native establish removal as well as trail operate throughout Irvine Regional Park. Please have on jeans as well as durable shoes or boots. Park provides tools as well as gloves. Bring sunscreen, hat, snacks, as well as water.
Cost: Free Parking: Free for volunteers
Contact: (714) 973–6835
Special Instructions: Ideal for ages 12 as well as up. Minors must hold out accompanied past times an adult. Large schoolhouse groups/companies welcome, telephone telephone (714) 973-6836 for grouping registration.
October 12 – California Native Plant & Wildflower Hike
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Learn to topographic point native plants amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist Nadine Nordstrom (author of the South Coast Wilderness Plant Identification Guide) on this moderate but rattling fast-paced, steep as well as rocky, 3.5-mile hike (600-ft. altitude gain).
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per individual Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 12 as well as up. Willow Canyon Staging Area (20101 Laguna Canyon Road, but due south of El Toro Road intersection). For questions telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
October 12 – Whiting Ranch Poker Ride 2013
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
OC Parks as well as Oakley invite y'all to ride the trails as well as exam your luck at the Whiting Ranch Poker Ride! Participants volition ride their mount bike through an adventurous course of report of trails, navigating their agency through checkpoints along the way. After hitting all the checkpoints, riders volition hold out dealt a poker mitt to compete for awesome prizes awarded for the best hands, including a consummate MTB as well as a kid's MTB, courtesy of Trek Bicycles as well as Jax Bicycle Center! Following the ride, various mount bike exhibits volition hold out laid upward at the Glenn Ranch staging area. Food volition also hold out available for purchase.
Location: Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park. 26707 Portola Parkway, Lake Forest, CA 92620
Special Instructions: Online registration required www.letsgooutsi.de/pokermtb2013. Recommended ages 12 as well as up. Event parking at Oakley Headquarters.
October 12 – Prehistoric OC
11 a.m. – iii p.m.
The Cooper Center as well as OC Parks introduce Prehistoric OC 2013 "Climate Change as well as Extinction," amongst exhibits, demonstrations, games as well as to a greater extent than highlighting local archaeological as well as paleontological history.
Location: Clark Regional Park. 8800 Rosecrans Ave., Buena Park, CA 90621
Cost: Free Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973–3170
October 12 – Weekend at the Nix Nature Center – Amazing Raptors: Hawks, Owls & Falcons
1 – four p.m.
Get a close-up expect at alive hawks, owls, as well as falcons from the Orange County Bird of Prey Center. Learn to topographic point raptors inwards flight. Dissect an owl pellet. Find out how owls wing silently as well as discovery other raptor survival secrets! Live raptor presentation past times Peggy Chase (for ages 8 as well as up) from 2 to iii p.m. Activities from 1 to 2 p.m. as well as iii to four p.m.
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: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. No hiking involved. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, around 3.5-miles due south of I-5/405). For questions call: 949-497-8324.
October 12 – Mars as well as Stars
6 – nine p.m.
OC Parks as well as NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) cause got teamed upward to introduce an educational programme titled "Exploring Other Worlds - Mars."
There volition hold out many activities, including: - A JPL presentation past times Eric Blood, an Entry, Descent as well as Landing Systems Engineer who assisted amongst the landing of the Curiosity Rover on Mars.
- Kids’ crafts as well as activities.
Stargazing opportunities amongst Astronomy four You.
Cost: Free Parking: Free subsequently four p.m.
Contact: ((714) 973-6835
Special Instructions: Before coming to Mars as well as Stars, view the animals at the OC Zoo! The OC Zoo volition hold out gratis subsequently four p.m. as well as rest opened upward until 5:30 p.m. The Irvine Park Railroad volition also hold out opened upward until half dozen p.m. This is an outdoor event. Please clothes warmly as well as convey blankets as well as lawn chairs to sit down on.
October thirteen – Second Sun Restoration Program
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Join Preserve staff as well as other volunteers inwards enhancing the Bay’s habitat for local wildlife. Activities may include non-native establish removal, planting natives, watering, trash cleanup as well as Butterfly Garden maintenance. No sense is necessary; water, snacks as well as tools are provided.
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Minors aged sixteen as well as younger must cause got legal guardian introduce at all times. Space is express as well as pre-registration is required. Please telephone telephone (949) 923-2275, or electronic mail unbic@ocparks.com to register. Program volition hold out cancelled if inclement conditions is present.
October thirteen – Casual Mountain Bike Ride
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Join us on this beautiful, moderate mount bike ride equally nosotros move nether a canopy of trees as well as shade on much of the trail. This 10-mile ride volition hold out over uneven terrain amongst a 200-ft. altitude gain. Information as well as honour for the natural habitat volition hold out included. Led past times Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer Mountain Bike Trail Assistants.
Location: Aliso as well as Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: $2 donation per individual Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Ranger Headquarters, Gate 1, 28373 Alicia Pkwy (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plow correct on Alicia, initiatory of all correct on Awma, left into parking lot). This resultant is designed for the moderate mount bike rider. Please come upward prepared amongst a bike suitable for off-pavement riding, sturdy shoes, helmet, gloves, as well as water. For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
October thirteen – Family Sun Day Fun Day
2 – four p.m.
Families are invited to come upward play, explore, hear as well as connect amongst nature as well as each other. Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist as well as nature mentor Kimberly Leeds volition guide y'all through nature activities as well as games to enliven your wilderness awareness. Bring your curiosity! The terrain volition hold out uneven as well as steep inwards some areas; hold out prepared to acquire dirty, as well as acquire upward closed as well as personal amongst nature! The walk volition hold out a maximum of 1 mile circular trip.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per individual Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: 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, around 3.5 miles due south of I-5/405). Wear long pants as well as closed-toes shoes. Hats as well as H2O are a must! For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
October fifteen – Beginners Fitness Hike
9 – 10 a.m.
Now is a perfect fourth dimension to start a novel fitness routine showtime amongst an tardily 2-mile hike over moderate but uneven terrain to Barbara’s Lake as well as dorsum (100-ft. altitude gain). Join Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist as well as registered dietitian to acquire well-nigh fitness as well as nutrition during this 1.5-hour hike.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per individual Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 12 as well as up. Wear walking or hiking shoes, hat, sunscreen, as well as convey water. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 due south to stoplight at 73 turn-off; brand a U-turn, become 1 block. Dilley is on the right).
October 17 – 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, fast-paced, 5.5-mile hike over steep as well as uneven terrain (400-ft. altitude gain) amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per individual Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages fifteen as well as up. Willow Canyon Staging Area (20101 Laguna Canyon Road, but due south of El Toro Road intersection). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
October xviii – Tot Walk
9 – xi a.m.
Join Ranger Zak amongst your immature ones to explore Aliso's wild backyard. We'll consider bugs, animate beingness tracks, plants, birds and have all kinds of outdoor fun!
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 0 to iii years. Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park Ranger Headquarters, 28373 Alicia Parkway (from southbound Aliso Creek Road, plow correct on Alicia, initiatory of all correct Awma, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
October xviii – Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Morning Stroll to Barbara’s Lake
9 – 11:30 a.m.
Enjoy the outdoors as well as acquire well-nigh various establish life on this leisurely paced, 2-mile hike amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per individual Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 8 as well as up. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, around 3.5-miles due south of I-5/405). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
October xviii – Haunt at Heritage Hill
5 – 10 p.m.
The sixth annual Haunt at Heritage Hill. Be the initiatory of all to dare tour the haunted schoolhouse. Are y'all brave plenty to sense “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” as well as the all novel “La Carnivora” scream zones? Will y'all hold out able to go inwards “The Joker’s Side Show?” Don’t worry in that place volition also hold out a DJ, dancing as well as a exceptional motion-picture present screening of the Universal classic horror cinema “Dracula” starring the legendary Bela Lugosi. Celebrate the legacy of Bela Lugosi amongst Bela Lugosi Jr. who volition hold out at the resultant signing autographs as well as answering questions.
Location: Heritage Hill Historical Park. 25151 Serrano Road, Lake Forest, CA 92630
Cost: $5 per person
Contact: (949) 923-2230
Special Instructions: Recommended for ages thirteen as well as up.
October xviii – Mason Movie Nights Under the Stars
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Come out to Mason Regional Park as well as spotter a motion-picture present nether the stars. This gratis resultant volition laid about at 6:30 p.m. as well as volition hold out showing “Frankenweenie.” Come dressed inwards costumes (optional) as well as catch a topographic point on the dark-green inwards Mason’s amphitheater.
Location: Mason Regional Park. 18712 University Drive, Irvine, CA 92612.
Website: www.ocparks.com/masonpark/
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2220
Special Instructions: All ages welcome! You’re welcome to convey your ain picnic, nosotros volition cause got popcorn as well as bottled H2O available for everyone, plus pumpkins as well as fun arts and crafts activities for the kids.
October xix – 2013 OC Cross County Championships
The 47th Annual Orange County Cross County Championships volition hold out held on Saturday, Oct 19th at Irvine Regional Park.
Cost: Free Parking: Limited parking available. $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6835
Special Instructions: Parking within the green volition fill upward up early on amongst additional parking available at Santiago Canyon College.
October xix – Keep It Wild Volunteer Day
8 – xi a.m.
Come on out as well as aid restore the wild lands nosotros as well as so enjoy! There’s no amend agency to start a Sabbatum morning time than past times joining Laguna Canyon Foundation as well as OC Parks staff inwards an invigorating projection of non-native establish 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
Cost: Free Parking: Free for Keep It Wild Volunteers
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Nix Nature Center(Little Sycamore Staging Area) 1 mile due north of the 73 toll route on the due west side of the 133. For questions telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
October xix – Keep It Wild Volunteer Day
8 – xi a.m.
Come on out as well as aid restore the wild lands nosotros as well as so enjoy! What amend agency to start a Sabbatum morning time than to bring together Laguna Canyon Foundation as well as OC Parks staff for an invigorating projection of non-native establish removal and/or planting native plants? Help us do a healthier environs for the 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, plow correct on Alicia, initiatory of all correct Awma, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
October xix – Moulton Peak Geology Hike
8 – 11:30 a.m.
Join Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists on this 4-mile Geology hike (600-ft. altitude gain) over steep as well as uneven terrain. Hike through the oak-filled woodland of Wood Canyon as well as proceed to the park’s highest peak. We volition overstep past times stone formations that say of ancient floods, landslides as well as the edifice of a peachy shell-filled limestone reef.
Location: Aliso as well as Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: $2 donation per individual Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
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, Gate vii (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plow correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] as well as correct on Canyon Vistas to Canyon View Park). This hike is non for beginners! Bring water, hiking shoes (hiking poles suggested), snacks as well as plain guides of your pick as well as a sense of adventure! For questions, telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
October xix – Acorn Day
10 a.m. – iii p.m.
Come bring together us nether the oaks at O’Neill Regional Park. Enjoy a fun filled 24-hour interval of excitement as well as learning. We volition celebrate our purplish oaks as well as small-scale acorns that grow them! This resultant volition characteristic crafts, puppet show, hikes as well as events for the entire family.
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. Food available for a nominal fee.
October xix – Autumn Harvest Festival
4 – nine p.m.
OC Parks as well as the City of Lake Forest introduce the annual Autumn Harvest Festival “The Adventure Continues…” Heritage Hill Historical Park volition host an adventure-filled festival amongst menage unit of measurement fun attractions that include trick-or-treat stations, adventure mazes, the haunted schoolhouse house, American adventure story telling as well as a Halloween costume parade. Be i of the initiatory of all to explore as well as consider the all novel “Department of Jurassic Parks & Recreation.” This novel attraction volition convey to life the legendary Tyrannosaurus Rex as well as other surprises. Games, confront painting, a balloon artist, the ever-popular glow party, a Princess Pumpkin Patch as well as a motion-picture present screening add together to the festive vacation tradition.
Location: Heritage Hill Historical Park. 25151 Serrano Road, Lake Forest, CA 92630
Cost: $3 for children iii to 12 years old, $4 for adults
Contact: (949) 923-2230
October twenty – Restoration Day
8 – xi a.m.
Help hold the green y'all honey past times volunteering to aid take non-native brush for burn downward suppression as well as re-vegetation of native plantings. Please have on jeans as well as 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
Cost: Free Parking: Free for volunteers
Contact: (714) 973-6611
Special Instructions: Ideal for ages sixteen as well as up. Minors must hold out accompanied past times an adult. Large schoolhouse groups/companies welcome. Call (714) 973-6611 for grouping registration. Click link for online waivers - http://ocparksforms.com/.
October twenty – Family Hike inwards the Canyon
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Enjoy a hike amongst your menage unit of measurement inwards the beautifully lush Wood Canyon, spell exploring it's wild animals amongst OC Parks Resource Specialist Rick Schaffer. This is a moderate 2-mile hike (300-ft altitude gain) over uneven as well as rocky terrain.
Location: Aliso as well as Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages vii 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, plow 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.
October 22 – Book Hike
9 – xi a.m.
Engage your encephalon along amongst your trunk on a 4-mile hike (300-ft. altitude gain) over uneven as well as rocky terrain inwards beautiful Aliso & Wood Canyon spell nosotros part our favorite books. Come prepared to contribute a championship or 2 as well as go out amongst the anticipation of some peachy novel reads equally good equally a relaxed as well as exercised body. Led past times a Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist as well as reader.
Location: Aliso as well as Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: 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 Rd, plow 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.
October 24 – Fitness Hike at Canyon View
8 – 10 a.m.
Raise your pump charge per unit of measurement as well as your spirits on this strenuous, fast-paced, 5.5-mile hike over steep as well as uneven terrain (400-ft altitude gain) amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Aliso as well as Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: $2 donation per individual Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages fifteen as well as up. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plow 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.
October 26 – Let’s Go Hiking
8 – 10:30 a.m.
Do y'all desire to cause got a hike amongst other nature enthusiasts? Enjoy a 3.8-mile, moderate (600-ft. altitude gain) hike through Laurel as well as Willow Canyons amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers. You volition sense a diversity of establish communities, from Coastal Sage Scrub to Oak Woodland, as well as relish a stance of the sea at the top. Minimal interpretation, but questions welcome. The terrain tin oft hold out rocky as well as uneven.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per individual Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen as well as up. Willow Canyon Staging Area (20101 Laguna Canyon Road, but due south of El Toro Road intersection). Participants should convey water, a hat, a snack, as well as have on proper hiking shoes. For questions telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
October 26 – Wieder Work Days
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Join green staff as well as other volunteers amongst enhancing Wieder Regional Park's natural resources. Located on the coastal bluffs of Huntington Beach, this unique habitat overlooks the Bolsa Chica Wetlands as well as Pacific Ocean. Activities may include non-native establish removal, trail maintenance or trash cleanup. No sense is necessary; water, snacks as well as tools are provided.
Location: Harriett M. Wieder Regional Park. 19251 Seapoint Ave., Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/wiederpark/
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Space is express as well as pre-registration is required. Please telephone (949) 923-2275, or electronic mail unbic@ocparks.com to register. Rain cancels the event.
October 26 – Halloween Zoo-tacular!
10 a.m. – four p.m.
Fun activities include trick-or-treating (kids ages 12 & under), spooky crafts, a scavenger hunt (kids ages 12 & under), as well as confront painting! First 100 children (ages 12 & under) inwards costume have a exceptional gift! Come consider the zoo animals have process filled pumpkins throughout the day! Reservations are non needed. Activities are gratis amongst paid zoo admission
Location: Orange County Zoo. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/oczoo/
Cost: $2 per individual Parking: $5 per vehicle weekends
Contact: (714) 973-6847
Special Instructions: For to a greater extent than information, or if y'all would similar to volunteer for this resultant (must hold out at to the lowest degree xviii years old), telephone telephone Marcy at (714) 973-6846.
October 26 – Family Hike
3 – v p.m.
Join us on this rattling enjoyable, tardily 2-mile hike over moderate but uneven terrain (100-ft. altitude gain). Families welcome. You volition hike inwards i of the most various areas inwards the park, through a canopy of oaks past times Barbara’s Lake as well as back. Led past times Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per individual Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: 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, around 3.5 miles due south of I-5/405). For questions telephone telephone (949) 497-8324.
October 31 – Fitness Hike at Dilley
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Raise your pump charge per unit of measurement as well as your spirits on this strenuous, fast-paced, 5.5-mile hike over steep as well as uneven terrain (900-ft. altitude gain) amongst Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per individual Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages fifteen as well as up. Wear walking or hiking shoes, hat, sunscreen, as well as convey water. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 due south to stoplight at 73 turn-off; brand a U-turn, become 1 block. Dilley is on the right). 
