• Volunteer Park Maintenance

    Join us for a morning of park maintenance. The tasks are variable and range in difficulty from easy to a good work out. No need to sign up, just meet at the maintenance area next to the ranger station and look for a group of people in orange shirts. The... Read more »

  • Full Moon Viewing

    Ready for a night of mid-summer lunar celebration? From the dazzling vantage point of the China Camp Point bayside bluff, we will set up our telescope and get an up close look at the full moon’s shining face as it emerges over the east bay hills. We will learn a... Read more »

  • Volunteer Park Maintenance

    Join us for a morning of park maintenance. The tasks are variable and range in difficulty from easy to a good work out. No need to sign up, just meet at the maintenance area next to the ranger station and look for a group of people in orange shirts. The... Read more »

  • A walk through time at China Camp

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

    While our park’s name reflects the Chinese shrimping village that once boomed here over a century ago, this land has been home to a wide range of human inhabitants, including indigenous Coast Miwok, Spanish colonizers, Mexican land grantees, and cattle ranchers. For this special Heritage Month event, join Marcie Miller... Read more »

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  • Volunteer Park Maintenance

    Join us for a morning of park maintenance. The tasks are variable and range in difficulty from easy to a good work out. No need to sign up, just meet at the maintenance area next to the ranger station and look for a group of people in orange shirts. The... Read more »

  • Family fun: Chinese Lion Dance performance

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

    Youth Lion Dance Team from the Marin Chinese Cultural Association perform at Heritage Day. Drummers thump, colorful costumes shimmer in the sun, and fearsome and fantastical lions dip and whirl. It’s time for one of our most popular annual events—a visit from a team of exciting Chinese Lion Dancers. Watch... Read more »

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  • August Bird Walk: Spotlight on creepers and nuthatches

    Attention birdbrains! Introducing two highly entertaining, year-round natives and the focus of this month’s birding hike: the brown creeper and the white-breasted nuthatch. Both hop up and down tree trunks in search of insects in the bark. Tiny brown creepers have stiff tails, curved beaks, and feathers striped with brown,... Read more »

    Free
  • Volunteer Park Maintenance

    Join us for a morning of park maintenance. The tasks are variable and range in difficulty from easy to a good work out. No need to sign up, just meet at the maintenance area next to the ranger station and look for a group of people in orange shirts. The... Read more »

  • Milton Quan: Growing up at China Camp

    Milton Quan as a boy at China Camp Village. Courtesy of Milton Quan. Ever wonder what it was like growing up at China Camp? Find out from the ultimate source, Milton Quan, who spent his childhood here in the 1940s and ’50s. Join Milton as he leads a tour through... Read more »

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  • August Naturalist Book Club: Light In The Darkness

    Join this month’s readers’ group, led by FOCC volunteer Harold Hirsch, as we discuss the international bestselling book Light in the Darkness: Black Holes, the Universe and Us by astrophysicist Heino Falcke. Summary from Heino Falcke's website: Light in the Darkness describes humankind’s adventurous journey through space and time: from... Read more »

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