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Oc Parks September 2013 Calendar Of Events

Here are some highlights from the OC Parks September Calendar of events, if you lot are looking for hiking ideas or other outdoor events inwards the calendar month of September, brand certain to banking concern check our some of these non bad events!

OC Parks SEPTEMBER 2013 calendar of events

September 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 – Nature Hike
8 – ix a.m.
Join our Park Rangers Lord's Day mornings for an slowly 1-mile hike on the Nature Trail. The trail takes visitors through grassland, oak woodland, riparian together with 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
Website: www.ocparks.com/caspers/
Cost: Free Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions:  For to a greater extent than information, telephone band the commons at (949) 923-2210. Wear comfortable clothing, hiking shoes, sunscreen, together with insect repellent are recommended. 

September 1 – 1st Lord's Day 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 nigh the native plants together with wild fauna of our Coastal zone. We volition encounter the 1st Lord's Day of each calendar month ix a.m. to 12 p.m. at the corner of 19th St. together with Balboa Blvd. inwards Costa Mesa. Each volunteer volition have a coupon for a complimentary 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

September 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 – Redwood Grove Hike
9:30 – eleven a.m.
Join OC Parks' trained staff on an easy 1.1 mile hike to the park's Coastal Redwood grove. You will use your v senses to engage with nature equally you lot stroll to the Redwoods. You volition also take hold an chance to learn nigh our native plants along the way. The hike begins each Sabbatum morn at 8:30 a.m. together with Lord's Day mornings at 9:30 a.m. from the park's Nature Center. Don't forget to see our Nature Center when you lot are there, too!
Location: Carbon Canyon Regional Park. 4442 Carbon Canyon Road, Brea, CA 92823
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 destination of the park. Reservations preferred, delight telephone band (714) 973-3160 or e-mail carboncanyon@ocparks.com.

September 1 – Nature Center Open 
10 a.m. – two p.m.
Nature Center opened upward the 1st Lord's Day of each month. Join a Park Ranger for a tour of the nature middle together with acquire nigh local history, flora together with 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.

September three – Beginning Fitness Hike
8 – 9:30 a.m.
Now is a non bad fourth dimension to start a novel fitness routine with this slowly 2-mile hike over moderate together with uneven terrain to Barbara’s Lake together with dorsum (100-ft. elevation gain). Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Laguna Canyon Foundation naturalist volition betoken out local flora together with fauna along the way. 
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per somebody Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 12 together with up. Wear walking or hiking shoes, hat, sunscreen, together with convey water. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 southward to stoplight at 73 turn-off; brand a U-turn, acquire 1 block. Dilley is on the right).

September 3, 14, 17, 28 – Modjeska House Tour 
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Docent-led tour of the historic trouble solid together with grounds.
Mailing Address Online: 25151 Serrano Road, Lake Forest, CA 92630-2534
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/modjeskahouse/
Contact: (949) 923–2230
Special Instructions: Advance reservations required. Call (949) 923-2230. Directions provided with reservations. 


September 4 – Birds together with Butterflies Walk   
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Join Naturalist Mike Clayton on a aeroplane together with butterfly nature walk through the beautiful one-acre butterfly together with native constitute garden.  As a wild fauna sanctuary the garden is dwelling trouble solid to an abundant release of plants, birds, together with mammals.  Come prepared for a morn of exploring equally nosotros lookout adult man the birds together with butterflies.  Meet at the Ranger Station patio.  This volition survive an slowly walk on grade trails at a leisurely pace.  Bring binoculars, water, together with snacks.  Wear comfortable walking shoes together with a chapeau for Sun protection. 
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) 923–2264
Special Instructions: Ages 12 together with up.

September v – Fitness Hike at Ridge Park 
8 – 10 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. elevation gain) over real steep, uneven terrain with Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per somebody Parking: $3 per vehicle  
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages fifteen together with up. Not for beginners. Hiking poles suggested. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Ridge Park Staging Area (Newport Coast Drive to Ridge Park Rd. due east to end; encounter at the gate).

September 5, 12, 26– 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, storey 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 two to 8 years recommended. Space is express together with registration is required. Please telephone band (949) 923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.

September half dozen – Explore the Plants on the Trail to Barbara’s Lake
8 – 10:30 a.m.
Join us on a wonderful morn walk to Orange County’s solely natural lake spell learning nigh our native California constitute life. This 2-mile leisurely hike volition survive 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 somebody Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Online reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 8 together with up. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, or so 3.5-miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324.

September half dozen – Animal Art I – Toddler Program 
10 – eleven a.m.
Join us for an sixty minutes of fun together with inventiveness with an animate existence theme! Class includes hands-on learning, fun crafts, together with coming together zoo animals upward close. Come cook 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 three to 4 years old.  Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to acquire inwards zoo. Please banking concern annotation spaces fill upward speedily for toddler classes.

September 6, 13, 20, 27 – Wild Tales
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Visit with Preserve staff for story-telling fun! After a story, acquire to a greater extent than nigh 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 pupil Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Ages two to 8 years. Space is express together with pre-registration is required. Please telephone band (949) 923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to register.  

September 7, 14, 21, 28 – Redwood Grove Hike
8:30 – 10 a.m.
Join OC Parks' trained staff on an easy 1.1 mile hike to the park's Coastal Redwood grove. You will use your v senses to engage with nature equally you lot stroll to the Redwoods. You volition also take hold an chance to learn nigh our native plants along the way. The hike begins each Sabbatum morn at 8:30 a.m. together with Lord's Day mornings at 9:30 a.m. from the park's Nature Center. Don't forget to see our Nature Center when you lot are there, too!
Location: Carbon Canyon Regional Park. 4442 Carbon Canyon Road, Brea, CA 92823
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 destination of the park. Reservations preferred, delight telephone band (714) 973-3160 or e-mail carboncanyon@ocparks.com.

September vii – Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Walk inwards the Park
8:30– 10 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 grade terrain, leisurely hike (50-ft. elevation gain) through riparian together with grassland habitats. Led past times 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 Pkwy (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plow correct on Alicia Pkwy, commencement correct on Awma Road, left into parking lot).  For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324.

September 7, 14, 21, 28 – Nature Walk
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Join our naturalists on a nature walk together with acquire nigh Trabuco Canyon animals together with nature. Light to moderate walk on generally paved roads. Meet at the Nature Center but within the psyche 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 psyche entrance.

September 7 – Caspers Park Foundation Meeting
9:30 – eleven 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 non bad chance to acquire but what volunteer’s do, equally good equally encounter others who honey nature, the outdoors, together with preserving the commons for all. Meeting starts at 9:30 a.m., followed past times an informative lecture presented past times invitee speakers at 10 a.m.  September speaker – Kimberly Leeds on Coyote mentoring.
Location: Caspers Wilderness Park.  33401 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Website: www.ocparks.com/caspers/
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2210
Special Instructions:  Ages sixteen years together with up. For to a greater extent than information, telephone band the commons component division at (949) 923-2207.

September vii – Walk inwards Our Wild Side Nature Walk
10 – eleven a.m.
Join a Park Naturalist on an slowly walk or so 1 mile long inwards our Natural Area. See birds, hawks, insects, butterflies, together with native plants. Recommended: Hat, binoculars, drinking water, together with 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.

September vii – Hank Conger Visits the OC Zoo 
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.  
OC Parks together with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim take hold teamed upward to provide kids together with families with a complimentary twenty-four hours at the OC Zoo including a see past times Angels catcher Hank Conger!Come encounter some zoo animals, acquire first-hand nigh Conger’s career together with accept photos with him.
The commencement 125 people to brand it volition survive able to reckon Conger participate inwards a zoo keeper verbalize with alive animals from eleven to 11:30 a.m.
From 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Conger volition accept photos with children. No autographs.
Free OC Zoo admission AND purchase i educate ticket at regular price, acquire the 2nd educate ticket complimentary at Irvine Park Railroad (10am-4pm) for all visitors wearing Angels gear (hat, shirt, jersey, jacket, etc.).
Location: Orange County Zoo. 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92869
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/oczoo/
Cost: Free with Angels gear Parking: $5 per vehicle
Contact: (714) 973-6847

September 7, 14, 21, 28 – Ranger Led Campfire Program
8 – ix p.m.
Join us Sabbatum black at the amphitheater for this Ranger led verbalize on local animate existence life, laid to the glow of burn light. This final result is solely opened upward to those camping ground at O’Neill Regional Park. No access for twenty-four hours role afterwards 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 together with subject on conditions conditions. 

September 7, 14, 21, 28 – Campfire Program
8 – ix p.m.
Every Sabbatum night, join us for a campfire computer program that may include a slide presentation, wilderness safety, games together with activities for children, animate existence adaptations, skins together with skulls, a alive animate existence demonstration together with a take a chance 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!

September 8 – Family Sun Day Fun Day
2 – 4 p.m.
Families are invited to come upward play, explore, hear together with connect with nature together with each other. Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist together with nature mentor Kimberly Leeds volition guide you lot through nature activities together with games to enliven your wilderness awareness. Bring your curiosity!  The terrain volition survive uneven together with steep inwards some areas; survive prepared to acquire dirty, together with acquire upward unopen together with personal with nature! The walk volition survive a maximum of 1 mile circular trip. 
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per somebody Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Willow Canyon Staging Area (20101 Laguna Canyon Road, but southward of El Toro Road intersection). Wear long pants together with closed-toes shoes. Hats together with H2O are a must! For questions telephone band (949) 497-8324.

September 8 – Second Lord's Day 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 constitute 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 take hold legal guardian acquaint at all times. Space is express together with pre-registration is required. Please telephone band (949) 923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to register. Program volition survive cancelled if inclement conditions is present.

September 10 – Moderate Fitness Hike
8 – 10 a.m.
Fall is a non bad fourth dimension to sense beautiful Aliso together with Wood Canyons. Join Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist together with registered dietician on this moderately paced, 4-mile hike. Enjoy sharing fitness together with nutrition data spell you lot do (elevation gain 300-ft. on rocky together with uneven terrain). Wear a hat, sunscreen, hiking shoes together with delight convey water, whatever necessary medications together with a snack. 
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: $2 donation per somebody Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages fifteen together with up. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plow correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] together with correct on Canyon Vistas. Meet at the entrance to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324.

September 10 – Dilley Loop Nature Hike
8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Get unopen to nature on this leisurely 2-mile hike (370-ft. elevation gain) over steep together with uneven terrain equally you lot spot plants, animals or mayhap their tracks together with signs along the way.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per somebody Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235
Special Instructions:  Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 12 together with up. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 southward to stoplight at 73 turn-off; brand a U-turn, acquire 1 block. Dilley is on the right).
  
September eleven – Yoga Hike
9 – 10:30 a.m.
Stretch your heed together with trunk on this 2.4-mile hike with a yoga twist over steep together with uneven terrain (100-ft. elevation gain) led past times Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers. For ages 12 together with up.
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: $2 donation per somebody Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 12 together with up. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area, Gate vii (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plow correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] together with correct on Canyon Vistas to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324.

September 12 – Fitness Hike at Willow
8 – 10 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 (400-ft. elevation gain) with Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per somebody Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages fifteen together with up. Willow Canyon Staging Area (20101 Laguna Canyon Road, but southward of El Toro Road intersection). For questions call: 949-497-8324.

September 12 – Feathery Friends – Toddler Program
10 – eleven a.m.
Come acquire nigh birds that tin bathroom 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 adult 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 three to 4 years old. Additional parents/siblings/family/friends must pay admission fee to acquire inwards zoo. Please banking concern annotation spaces fill upward speedily for toddler classes.

September fourteen – Family Hike at Dilley  
3 – v p.m.
Join us on this real enjoyable, slowly 3-mile hike over moderate but uneven terrain (100-ft. elevation 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 together with 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 somebody 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 southward to stoplight at 73 turn-off; brand a U-turn, acquire 1 block. Dilley is on the right). For questions telephone band (949) 497-8324.

September fourteen – California Native Plant & Wildflower Hike
8  – eleven a.m.
Learn to spot native plants with Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalist Nadine Nordstrom (author of the South Coast Wilderness Plant Identification Guide) on this moderate but real fast-paced, steep together with rocky, 4.8-mile hike (700-ft. elevation gain).
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per somebody Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2235 or (949) 923-3702
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 12 together with up. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, or so 3.5-miles southward of I-5/405).   

September fourteen – 2nd Sabbatum Trail Work Day
8:30 – eleven a.m.
Come bring together commons staff together with our trail leaders past times volunteering to aid with habitat restoration, non-native constitute removal together with trail run throughout Irvine Regional Park. Please have on 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 past times an adult. Large schoolhouse groups/companies welcome, telephone band (714) 973-6836 for grouping registration.

September fourteen – Sabbatum Fitness Hike
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Enjoy a fresh, coastal breeze equally you lot acquire your workout inwards the commons on this strenuous fast-paced, 6.5-mile hike over steep together with uneven terrain (1,100-ft elevation gain). Hike through lush Wood Canyon together with upward surrounding ridges with OC Parks Resource Specialist Rick Schaffer.
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: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages fifteen together with up. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plow correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] together with correct on Canyon Vistas. Meet at the entrance to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324.

September 14– Mars together with Stars
6:30 – ix p.m.
OC Parks together with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) take hold teamed upward to acquaint an educational computer program showcasing NASA’s Dawn Mission to the Asteroid Belt. There volition survive many activities, including:
  • JPL Presentation past times physician Marc Rayman, Chief Engineer together with Director of the Dawn Mission.
  • Kids’ crafts together with activities.
  • Stargazing opportunities with Astronomy 4 You.
Come explore the black skies! Some activities volition survive outdoors, delight clothes warmly.
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/uppernewportbay/  
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290

September fifteen – Restoration Day 
8 – eleven a.m.
Help maintain the commons you lot honey past times volunteering to aid take non-native brush for burn suppression together with re-vegetation of native plantings. Please have on jeans together with 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: Free for volunteers
Contact: (714) 973-6611
Special Instructions: Ideal for ages sixteen together with up. Minors must survive 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/. 

September fifteen – Morning Walk Around the Lake
9 – eleven a.m.
Come bask a wonderful morn walk about the lake together with acquire nigh the native plants together with critters inwards the park. This is an slowly 2.5 mile walk (both paved together with dirt trail) with no elevation gain. Led past times Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists.
Location: Laguna Niguel Regional Park. 28241 La Paz Rd., Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 
Cost: $2 per somebody Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923-2240
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 8 together with up. Meet at the staging surface area parking lot at Shelter 3, Laguna Niguel Regional Park, 28241 La Paz Road, Laguna Niguel. For questions telephone band (949) 497-8324.

September nineteen – Fitness Hike at Canyon View
8 – 10 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 (400-ft elevation gain) with Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: $2 donation per somebody Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages fifteen together with up. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plow correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] together with correct on Canyon Vistas. Meet at the entrance to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324.

September 20 – Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Morning Stroll to Barbara’s Lake
9 – 11:30 a.m.
Enjoy the outdoors together with acquire nigh various constitute life on this leisurely paced, 2-mile hike with Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per somebody Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 8 together with up. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Road/SR-133, or so 3.5-miles southward of I-5/405). For questions call: 949-497-8324.

September 20 – Tot Walk
9 – eleven a.m.
Join Ranger Zak with your immature ones to explore Aliso's wild backyard. We'll reckon bugs, animate existence tracks, plants, birds and have 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 0 to three years. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park Ranger Headquarters, 28373 Alicia Parkway (from southbound Aliso Creek Road, plow correct on Alicia, commencement correct Awma, left into parking lot). For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324. 

September 20 – Mason Movie Nights Under the Stars
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Come out to Mason Regional Park together with lookout adult man a painting demo nether the stars. This complimentary final result volition commence at 6:30 p.m. together with volition survive showing “Oz: The Great together with Powerful.” Come dressed equally your favorite grapheme (optional) together with follow the yellowish brick route to grab a spot 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 take hold popcorn together with bottled H2O available. There volition also survive fun arts and crafts activities for the kids! 


September 21 – Whiting Ranch Nature Hike Series
8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
OC Parks invites you lot to bring together a Park Ranger Reserve on this 2.5 mile nature hike exploring the beautiful scenery of Borrego Canyon.

The Borrego Canyon Trail, which parallels the intermittent Borrego Stream, offers a wonderful chance to witness an abundance of wild fauna spell hiking through lush oak woodlands together with amongst riparian habitats.

Hope to reckon you lot there! Happy trails!
Location: Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park. 26707 Portola Parkway, Lake Forest, CA 92620 
Website: http://ocparks.com/whitingranch/
Cost: Free Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 923–2245
Special Instructions: Limited infinite available together with pre-registration is required. Email limestonewhiting@ocparks.com for complimentary pre-registration. Be certain to include your total cite together with e-mail address to reserve your spot. Park at Borrego Parking Lot.

September 21 – California Coastal Cleanup Day
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Looking for a agency to give back? Join thousands of volunteers throughout the State of Californai for this annual cleanup of our beautiful waterways together with beaches. Space is express to 400 volunteers. Water based cleanup efforts are coordinated past times the California Department of Fish together with Wildlife. For to a greater extent than data nigh H2O cleanup, delight see http://backbaysciencecenter.org/.
Location: Upper Newport Bay. 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Website: http://www.ocparks.com/uppernewportbay/  
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (949) 923-2290
Special Instructions: Pre-registration is required for this event. Please e-mail nicole.crussell@ocparks.com to register or for to a greater extent than information. Space is express so sign upward today!

September 21 – Coastal together with Inland Waterway Cleanup Day
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Join us for California's largest annual volunteer event, Coastal together with Inland Waterway Cleanup Day. Bring your household unit of measurement together with friends to the commons to aid with the cleanup of trash together with debris along Santiago Creek.
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: Pre-registration is required for this event. Please e-mail nicole.crussell@ocparks.com to register or for to a greater extent than information. Space is express so sign upward today!

September 21 – Casual Mountain Bike Ride
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Join us on this beautiful, moderate mount wheel ride equally nosotros go nether a canopy of trees together with shade on much of the trail. This 10-mile ride volition survive over uneven terrain with a 200-ft. elevation gain. Information together with honor for the natural habitat volition survive included. Led past times Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer Mountain Bike Trail Assistants.
Location: Aliso together with Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Cost: $2 donation per somebody 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, commencement correct on Awma, left into parking lot). This final result is designed for the moderate mount wheel rider. Please come upward prepared with a wheel suitable for off-pavement riding, sturdy shoes, helmet, gloves, together with water. For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324.

September 22 – Bird Walk 
8 – eleven a.m.
Spot local together with wintertime migratory birds with Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists on this 2-mile hike to the lake on uneven terrain through i of the most various constitute communities inwards the United States.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per somebody Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions:  Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 12 together with up. Wear hiking shoes together with convey your binoculars. Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, or so 3.5 miles southward of I-5/405). For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324.

September 26 – Fitness Hike at Dilley
8 – 10 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. elevation gain) with Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per somebody Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions:  Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities.  Ages fifteen together with up. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 southward to stoplight at 73 turn-off; brand a U-turn, acquire 1 block. Dilley is on the right).

September 26 – “Climate Change inwards Southern California”
7 – ix p.m.
Join us for a exceptional panel presentation on climate change, together with how it volition touching our lives inwards Orange County. Panelists include physician Matthew Kirby of CSUF, physician Jere Lipps of the Cooper Center, together with Linda Marsa of Discover Magazine. Learn nigh what is happening with climate modify together with sea grade rise, together with how it volition touching our H2O provide together with wellness inwards the future.
Location: Old Orange County Courthouse. 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd., Santa Ana, CA 92701 
Website: http://ocparks.com/oldcourthouse/
Cost: Free Parking: Metered parking is available
Contact: (714) 973–6605

September 27 – Wilderness Walking Club
2:15 – 4:15 p.m.
Enjoy a wonderful, moderate 3-mile walk (535-ft. elevation gain) through various coastal sage-scrub together with riparian environments. Catch views of the canyons together with mount ranges from the ridge go past times together with and so walk downward to Barbara’s Lake, a hidden gem together with the solely natural lake inwards Orange County.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per somebody Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions:  Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities. Ages 10 together with up. James Dilley Preserve (405 South to 133 southward to stoplight at 73 turn-off; brand a U-turn, acquire 1 block. Dilley is on the right). Hat, H2O together with a snack are recommended for your comfort. For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324.

September 28 – Let’s Go Hiking
8 – 10:30 a.m.
Do you lot desire to accept a hike with other nature enthusiasts? Enjoy a 3.8-mile, moderate (600-ft. elevation gain) hike through Laurel together with Willow Canyons with Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteers. You volition sense a multifariousness of constitute communities, from Coastal Sage Scrub to Oak Woodland, together with bask a thought of the bounding main at the top. Minimal interpretation, but questions welcome. The terrain tin bathroom oft survive rocky together with uneven.
Location: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. 18751 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Cost: $2 donation per somebody Parking: $3 per vehicle
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Ages fifteen together with up. Willow Canyon Staging Area (20101 Laguna Canyon Road, but southward of El Toro Road intersection). Participants should convey water, a hat, a snack, together with have on proper hiking shoes. For questions telephone band (949) 497-8324.

September 28 – Family Hike inwards the Canyon
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Enjoy a hike with your household unit of measurement inwards the beautifully lush Wood Canyon, spell exploring it's wild fauna with OC Parks Resource Specialist Rick Schaffer. This is a moderate 2-mile hike (300-ft elevation 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: Reservations required, sign-up online: www.lagunacanyon.org/activities.  Ages vii together with up. Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Canyon View Staging Area (from southbound Aliso Creek Rd, plow correct on Glenwood [turns into Pacific Park] together with correct on Canyon Vistas. Meet at the entrance to Canyon View Park). For questions, telephone band (949) 497-8324.

September 28 – Wieder Work Days
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Join commons staff together with other volunteers with enhancing Wieder Regional Park's natural resources. Located on the coastal bluffs of Huntington Beach, this unique habitat overlooks the Bolsa Chica Wetlands together with Pacific Ocean. Activities may include non-native constitute removal, trail maintenance or trash cleanup. No sense is necessary; water, snacks together with 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 together with pre-registration is required. Please telephone (949) 923-2275, or e-mail unbic@ocparks.com to register. Rain cancels the event.

September 28 – Mars together with Stars
6:30 - ix p.m.
OC Parks together with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) take hold teamed upward to acquaint an educational computer program entitled Climate Change Overload: Reconnecting with Planet Earth. There volition survive many activities, including:
  • JPL Presentation past times Laura Faye Tenebaum, Innovator inwards Science Communication together with a fellow member of the globe Science Communications Team.
  • Kids’ crafts together with activities.
  • Stargazing opportunities with Astronomy 4 You.
Come explore the black skies! This is an outdoor event, delight clothes warmly together with have on comfortable shoes.
Location: Augustine Staging Area.
Website: http://ocparks.com/parks/irvineranch  
Cost: Free Parking: Free
Contact: (714) 973-6865
Special Instructions: Pre-registration is encouraged, delight see www.ocparks.com for to a greater extent than information.
  
September 29 – Introduction to Mountain Bike Riding  
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Learn mount biking basics together with trail etiquette on this 6.8-mile ride over steep together with uneven terrain (800-ft. elevation gain) spell enjoying canyon views. 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 somebody Parking: Free  
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Please come upward prepared with a wheel suitable for off-pavement riding, sturdy shoes, helmet, gloves, H2O together with snack. 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 band (949) 497-8324.  

September 29 – Intermediate Mountain Bike Ride  
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Catch beautiful canyon views on this 10-mile ride over steep together with uneven terrain (1,000-ft. elevation gain) with 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 somebody Parking: Free  
Contact: (949) 497-8324
Special Instructions: Must take hold helmet, gloves, hydration; a snack is strongly suggested. Also, survive prepared for varied conditions out inwards the canyons. 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 band (949) 497-8324.
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