Geology Beach Stroll

When you pick up a pebble along the China Camp shoreline, you're holding a piece of an epic story. Find out why on this leisurely shoreline walk with Nicole Myers, a geology instructor at Sonoma State University. Nicole will shed light on the Franciscan Assemblage, the landmass that encompasses the... Read more »

Give-back morning at China Camp

China Camp Ranger Station 101 Peacock Gap Trail, San Rafael, CA, United States

Make a difference and have fun doing it! With limited dollars coming from the State, volunteers are essential in keeping the park safe and beautiful. Come groom a trail, pull invasive weeds, split firewood, paint a fence, or do the countless other tasks that keep the park humming. Fun, interesting,... Read more »

Give-back morning at China Camp

China Camp Ranger Station 101 Peacock Gap Trail, San Rafael, CA, United States

Make a difference and have fun doing it! With limited dollars coming from the State, volunteers are essential in keeping the park safe and beautiful. Come groom a trail, pull invasive weeds, split firewood, paint a fence, or do the countless other tasks that keep the park humming. Fun, interesting,... Read more »

Poetry In Parks 2024

China Camp Village 100 China Camp Village Rd, San Rafael, CA, CA, United States

California State Parks & Quiet Lightning, in partnership with Friends of China Camp, present Poetry in Parks 2024, a daylong literary arts festival. Programming will include a set by Better Ancestors and a submission-based literary mixtape featuring all forms of writing. The Better Ancestors set will feature readings by Karla Myn Khine, Alex Feliciano Mejia, Kato Bisase, Zouhair Mussa and Sarah... Read more »

Full Moon Hike

Full moon by Steve Ziman, FOCC volunteer Celebrate the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, also called the Moon Festival, with an invigorating hike to watch the moonrise. The full moon in September, known as the "Harvest Moon," occurs closest to the fall equinox. The name reflects this moon’s extended period of moonlight, which... Read more »

Give-back morning at China Camp

China Camp Ranger Station 101 Peacock Gap Trail, San Rafael, CA, United States

Make a difference and have fun doing it! With limited dollars coming from the State, volunteers are essential in keeping the park safe and beautiful. Come groom a trail, pull invasive weeds, split firewood, paint a fence, or do the countless other tasks that keep the park humming. Fun, interesting,... Read more »

Birding Walk

American wigeon by Jerry Coe, FOCC volunteer One of the season’s most exciting times is upon us—the fall migration. More than half of all North American birds migrate south between September and November, and about 250 migratory species travel through Northern California. This month we’ll look for fall arrivals, such as American widgeons, Baird's sandpipers, yellow... Read more »

Give-back morning at China Camp

China Camp Ranger Station 101 Peacock Gap Trail, San Rafael, CA, United States

Make a difference and have fun doing it! With limited dollars coming from the State, volunteers are essential in keeping the park safe and beautiful. Come groom a trail, pull invasive weeds, split firewood, paint a fence, or do the countless other tasks that keep the park humming. Fun, interesting,... Read more »

Naturalist Book Club

Join a lively discussion of On The Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America by Abrahm Lustgarten. The award-winning investigative journalist, filmmaker, and public speaker specializes in human adaptation to climate change. From the author’s website: “Reporting from the front lines of climate migration, Lustgarten explains how a pattern of shortsighted policies encouraged... Read more »

Give-back morning at China Camp

China Camp Ranger Station 101 Peacock Gap Trail, San Rafael, CA, United States

Make a difference and have fun doing it! With limited dollars coming from the State, volunteers are essential in keeping the park safe and beautiful. Come groom a trail, pull invasive weeds, split firewood, paint a fence, or do the countless other tasks that keep the park humming. Fun, interesting,... Read more »

ADVISORY: FOOTRACE

There will be a footrace beginning at Miwok Meadows on Satuday, December 7 from 8am - 2pm. Please expect increased foot traffic on Shoreline Trail, Bayview Trail, and Oak Ridge Trail during that time. Go to the Inside Trail Racing website for more details.