LAGUNA COAST WILDERNESS PARK Laguna Coast Wilderness...

LAGUNA COAST WILDERNESS PARK

Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, 20101 Laguna Canyon Road.;

reservations/ information, (949) 923-2235; o7www.ocparks.comf7:

Open weekends, 7 a.m. to sunset. Parking lot hours: 8 a.m. to 4

p.m.

* Three-hour, three-mile hike in Laurel Canyon Sunday, 8:30 a.m.

Reservations, The Nature Conservancy, (714) 832-7478 or e-mail

[email protected]

Willow Canyon on Laguna Canyon Road, just south of the El Toro

Road intersection. Open to hikers, equestrians and mountain bikers on

specified trails without guides; parking, $3.

* Geology hike 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday.

For information about the above events, call Laguna Greenbelt

Inc., (949) 923-2235.

Dilley Preserve on Laguna Canyon Road is closed for at least six

months due to road construction.

Laguna Heights, the trailhead for West Ridge trail and other

routes into Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, located at Top of

the World on Alta Laguna Blvd., is open daily all year, 7 a.m. to

sunset. Docent-led tours by Laguna Greenbelt, Inc. offered at 8 a.m.

on second and fourth Saturdays.

ALISO AND WOOD CANYONS

Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna

Niguel ; (949) 923-2200; o7www.ocparks.comf7: Open daily all year,

7 a.m. to sunset, for hikers, mountain bikers and equestrians;

parking, $3.

Orange County rangers and a groundskeeper staff the park daily;

free, 30-minute, ranger-led Discovery Hike offered each second and

fourth Saturday at noon. Orange County Natural History Museum; (949)

831-3287. Located at the park entrance; call before visiting to

confirm museum is open.

CRYSTAL COVE STATE PARK

Crystal Cove State Park, 8471 Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach,

has 3.5 miles of beach and 2,000 acres of undeveloped woodland. $10

day-use parking fee.

The park is open 6 a.m. to sunset daily. Docent-led backcountry

hikes are scheduled for most Saturdays and Sundays at 9 a.m. Hikes

are three to five miles and last about two hours. All hikes meet at

the El Moro Visitor Center. For more information, call (949)

497-7647.

* Saturday, 8 a.m., Mind, Body, & Spirit Mornings, hike through

backcountry intermingled with sessions of deep breathing and

stretching. Meet at the ranger station (inland at stoplight for

School-State Park). Day-use parking fee $10.00

* Saturday, 5-10 p.m., 3rd Annual Tropical Gala and Coastal

Splendor Plein Air Invitational Art Show & Sale, benefiting Crystal

Cove Alliance. Food,martini bar. Tickets at

www.crystalcovealliance.org