Drop In Family Craft – Cascarones at the Santa Cruz Mission
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park 144 School St., Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesEnjoy 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 StatesMeet 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 StatesUPDATE: 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 […]
Salamander Saturday
Rancho del Oso Unit 3600 Highway 1, Davenport, CA, United StatesJoin 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. […]
Choose Your Own Adventure Tour
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park 101 N Big Trees Park Road, Felton, CA, United StatesJoin 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 […]
Redwood Grove Loop Walk
Big Basin Redwoods State Park 21600 Big Basin Way, Boulder Creek, CA, United StatesHow 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 […]
Guided Redwood Grove Walk
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park 101 N Big Trees Park Road, Felton, CA, United StatesHow 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? […]
Luck O’ the Castros
Castro Adobe State Historic Park 184 Old Adobe Road, Watsonville, CA, United StatesThe 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) […]
Sandhills Mobile Visitor Center
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park 101 N Big Trees Park Road, Felton, CA, United StatesThe 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 […]
Hymns & Chants
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park 144 School St., Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesFrom dawn until dusk, music could be heard at the missions. Bells indicated daily events, congregations sang masses, and indigenous rhythms were heard. Then, as now, music expressed […]