Friends of China Camp Join us for this month’s naturalist book club as we discuss David Baron’s book, The Beast in the Garden. While highlighting real events that occurred in Boulder, Colorado, Baron weaves a much larger narrative of coexistence, conflict, and fatal outcomes between mountain lions and humans throughout America’s complicated history in... Read more »
Ever feel like it's time to change up your weekly evening routine for something a bit more… spectacular? Take a night off from Netflix and exchange your couch for our verdant hills and wide open sky during March’s full moon hike. On this 3-and-a-half mile round-trip hike we will ascend... Read more »
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO PREDICTED RAIN. CHECK CALENDAR FOR FUTURE EVENTS. What bird is lighter than a nickel, can fly backwards, and makes a tiny nest out of spiderwebs and lichen? If you guessed hummingbirds, you're right! This month we are hoping to see a true athlete,... Read more »
This event has been postponed to March 25 due to predicted rain. See event calendar for future events. Come explore where water meets the land along the Turtle Back Nature Trail. Junior Rangers will discover all kinds of wonders along this 3/4 mile trail, loaded with up-close experiences with plant... Read more »
With spring just around the corner, China Camp’s landscape will be bursting with color. Join our upcoming wildflower hikes to experience the beauty. On these mostly level hikes, we will traverse deep oak woodlands in search of creamy white milkmaids, violet ground iris, magenta shooting stars, and of course, lovely... Read more »
Come explore where water meets the land along the Turtle Back Nature Trail. Junior Rangers will discover all kinds of wonders along this 3/4 mile trail, loaded with up-close experiences with plant and animal communities that live among the intersection of oak woodlands, grasslands, mud flats, and tidal salt marsh.... Read more »
Join us for this month’s naturalist book club as we discuss Ed Yong’s bestselling book, An Immense World. Summary from Penguin Random House, Publisher: “In An Immense World, Ed Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses, allowing us to perceive the skeins of scent, waves of... Read more »
Mother Earth needs a little help; can you lend a hand? We are looking for volunteers to help strengthen our park’s biodiversity and climate resiliency during our annual Earth Day Climate Action workday. We will be removing French and Scotch broom, invasive plants that outcompete and smother native plant species.... Read more »
Ever feel like it's time to change up your weekly evening routine for something a bit more… spectacular? Take a night off from Netflix and exchange your couch for our verdant hills and wide open sky during March and April’s full moon hikes. On these hikes we will ascend to... Read more »
Spring is here and China Camp’s landscape is bursting with color. Join our upcoming wildflower hike to experience the beauty. On this mostly level hike, we will traverse deep oak woodlands in search of violet Douglas iris, magenta shooting stars, and of course, lovely orange California poppies. Bring a water... Read more »
Our spring avian migrants have once again made a pit stop at China Camp while racking up frequent flier miles along the North American Pacific flyway. Some of these park guests include Vaux’s swifts, Swainson’s thrushes, and yellow warblers. How do these species so quickly adapt to survive among drastically... Read more »
Join us for this month’s naturalist book club as we discuss Leila Philip’s bestselling book, Beaverland. Summary from author’s website, leilaphilip.com: “From award-winning writer Leila Philip, Beaverland is a masterful work of narrative science writing, a book that highlights, through history and contemporary storytelling, how this unusual rodent... Read more »
