Body Amphitheater Barbeques/Fire Rings Bicycling/Bike Trails Dogs Permitted Family Picnic Area Fishing A fishing license is required for persons 16 years and older. All State Fish & Game Department Rules and Regulations apply at this facility. Hiking Trails Horseshoe Pits Interpretive Programs 8 Lighted Pickleball Courts Playground/Tot Lot Radio Controlled Glider...

Body OC Parks in 2021 engaged in a Trail Use Designation Pilot Project that we hope will improve user experience and alleviate trail user conflict and congestion. The project involved temporarily changing existing trail use designations on select trails at Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park and...

Body The history of the ranch began with James Irvine. He joined two others owning the property before becoming the sole owner of it in 1878. After his death in 1886, his son James Irvine II (J.I.) became the successor of his father’s ranch. The ranch grew significantly and transformed into...

Body The County of Orange Paleontology and Archaeology (COPA) collection contains more than six million artifacts and fossils collected since the 1970s from within the County and throughout our parks. As stewards of the collection, OC Parks is dedicated to preserving these artifacts and fossils in perpetuity for the benefit of...

Body Paleontology The paleontology collection includes local Orange County fossils dating as far back as the Jurassic period 180 million years ago, including notable type specimens. Orange County has particularly excellent records of Eocene terrestrial mammals, late Oligocene-early Miocene terrestrial mammals, and Miocene-Pliocene marine mammals. The collection contains ancient mammals including...