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Waddell Valley Watercolor Workshop Series

Rancho del Oso Unit 3600 Highway 1, Davenport, CA, United States

Registration is required for this four-part series at (831) 427-2288 or jeremy.lin@parks.ca.gov. Space is limited! Begin your watercolor journey in the inspiration Waddell Valley with Joyce Rosenstiel in […]

Drop In Family Craft – Cascarones at the Santa Cruz Mission

Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park 144 School St., Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Enjoy an informal afternoon at this hidden jewel near downtown Santa Cruz. Create colorful and playful confetti-filled eggs. Be prepared for your next fiesta! This event is free. […]

Guided Bird Walk

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park 101 N Big Trees Park Road, Felton, CA, United States

Meet in the main parking lot in the day-use area for a stroll to discover the wintering birds of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The day-use entrance is located […]

Seacliff History Tour

Seacliff State Beach 201 State Park Drive, Aptos, CA, United States

UPDATE: THIS MONTH'S TOUR IS CANCELED DUE TO STORM DAMAGE AT THE BEACH. Learn the history of Seacliff and surrounding Aptos in this one-hour, half-mile history walk. Led […]

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Salamander Saturday

Rancho del Oso Unit 3600 Highway 1, Davenport, CA, United States

Join us for our annual celebration honoring the often overlooked, but heroically well adapted, amphibians native to the Santa Cruz Mountains. Live amphibians will be available for viewing. […]

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Choose Your Own Adventure Tour

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park 101 N Big Trees Park Road, Felton, CA, United States

Join us on a guided scavenger hunt along our trails. The group chooses from a selection of pre-planned walks, and then together seeks out the wonders of the […]

Free
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Redwood Grove Loop Walk

Big Basin Redwoods State Park 21600 Big Basin Way, Boulder Creek, CA, United States

How do these grand redwoods grow to be so old? So tall? How are they important to humans? Join us for this fun and informative guided half-mile stroll […]

Free

Guided Redwood Grove Walk

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park 101 N Big Trees Park Road, Felton, CA, United States

How do redwoods grow to become the tallest organisms on earth? How important are banana slugs to the redwood ecosystems? Why are there so few old-growth trees left? […]

Free

Luck O’ the Castros

Castro Adobe State Historic Park 184 Old Adobe Road, Watsonville, CA, United States

The direct hit from 1989’s Loma Prieta earthquake should have crumbled the Castro Adobe into a cloud of dust, but more than a century of hard work, (mostly) […]

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Sandhills Mobile Visitor Center

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park 101 N Big Trees Park Road, Felton, CA, United States

The Sandhills Mobile Visitor Center at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park is now located in the day-use parking area, and is open weekends from 11am to 3pm. The […]

Free