(Lake Forest, Calif.) – Celebrate the fall season with OC Parks at the second annual Fall-O-Ween at Heritage Hill Historical Park Oct. 14-16 and 21-23. Tour the decorated historical grounds during special park hours and take your picture at a variety of fall and Halloween-themed photo opportunities. Try to find...

Come and visit The Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center at Upper Newport Bay where the 2022 California Coastal Commission Art & Poetry Contest winning work is being displayed. You will enjoy original art and poetry by grade school students. We are sure you will be amazed by their work...

OC Parks in collaboration with OC Public Works will complete a slurry seal for Phase 1B - Maintenance Road. Work will commence Oct. 17 and is scheduled for completion Oct. 27. During this time, the maintenance road will be closed to public access Oct. 17 through Oct 20. What: The...

Dates shown are week of stocking. Schedule is subject to change and will be updated as available. California Fishing License required age 16+ at all parks besides Irvine Lake. Week of Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 2022 Carbon Canyon Regional Park Laguna Niguel Regional Park Irvine Lake Week of Dec. 5-9, 2022...

The clocks fall back early Nov. 6, marking the end of daylight saving time and the beginning of OC Parks’ fall-winter operating schedule. Most regional parks close at 6 p.m. for the fall and winter, and wilderness parks close at sunset year-round. Fall-winter hours for the following regional parks are...

Dates shown are week of stocking. Schedule is subject to change and will be updated as available. California Fishing License required age 16+ at all parks besides Irvine Lake. Week of March 14-18, 2022 Irvine Lake Mile Square Regional Park Tri-City Regional Park Yorba Regional Park Week of April 11-15...

Celebrate summertime outdoors with 10 free concerts + 12 free movie screenings at OC Parks June 17 – September 2. (Orange County, Calif.) – The County of Orange and OC Parks are pleased to present the annual OC Parks Summer Concert Series and Sunset Cinema film series. Enjoy summer nights...

Orange County, Calif. – The County of Orange and OC Parks invite you to experience the annual Rancho Days Fiesta at Heritage Hill Historical Park on Saturday, May 7 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Travel back in time to explore Orange County’s rancho era, and enjoy hands-on activities, music...

(Orange, Calif.) – A new large mammal exhibit at the OC Zoo in Irvine Regional Park will open to the public May 13 and will mark the debut of four new animals. The new, 2-acre habitat represents the largest expansion project in the zoo’s history. It will house an adult...

The public access staircase at Thousand Steps Beach in south Laguna Beach reopened at 6 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4. The stairs closed Sept. 20 for extensive repairs to the concrete steps and railings. The 219 stairs were originally installed in 1978, and the stairway leading to Thousand Steps Beach had...