Friends of China Camp Let’s ring in the new year together in a spectacular way. We welcome you to join naturalist Harold Hirsch in China Camp’s annual New Year’s Day sunrise hike to view the first golden light of the year. During this 3-mile round trip hike we will ascend to one of China... Read more »
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 »
January is a great time to view large migrating birds along the San Pedro shoreline. During this winter birding walk, birding expert Jerry Coe will guide us as we keep watch for snow geese and Ross’s geese gliding over the bay on their way to over-winter in the flooded rice... Read more »
Make way, the king is coming to China Camp! Not King Charles, but a king tide! California’s coastal and bay waters will rise to extraordinary levels this winter, causing certain low-lying coastal and bay regions to flood. This phenomenon, deemed a king tide, temporarily transforms China Camp’s salt marsh into... Read more »
Witness the spectacular rise of January’s “Wolf Moon” during our winter full moon hike. The first full moon of 2025 will be the “Wolf Moon”, named for the legendary howling of wolves often heard during long moonlit winter evenings. Naturalist docent Harold Hirsch will lead this 3.5-mile round-trip excursion; we’ll... Read more »
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 »
There will be a footrace beginning at Miwok Meadows on Saturday, January 25 from 8 am - 2 pm. Please expect increased foot traffic on Shoreline Trail, Bayview Trail, and Oak Ridge Trail during that time. Go to the Urban Coyote website for more details.
The Earth Transformed by Peter Frankopan Join a lively discussion of The Earth Transformed by Peter Frankopan, listed as a 2023 best book of the year by The New Yorker. Frankopan is a professor of global history at Oxford University. From the publisher’s website: “Global warming is one of the... Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
