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Note: All wilderness parks are closed for two or more days following significant precipitation.

CRYSTAL COVE STATE PARK

Crystal Cove State Park, 8471 Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, has 3.5 miles of beach and 2,000 acres of undeveloped woodland. $10 day-use parking fee.

The park is open 6 a.m. to sunset daily. Docent-led backcountry hikes are scheduled for most Saturdays and Sundays at 9 a.m. Hikes are three to five miles and last about two hours. Note: All hikes meet at the El Moro Visitor Center (from Coast Highway, turn inland at light for School/State Park, follow park signs), unless otherwise indicated. Information: (949) 497-7647 or via e-mail wbonnin@parks.ca.gov. Rain cancels.

  • Beautification project. The coastal terrace above El Moro Beach will be the center of a beautification project by the California State Parks Foundation Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon. The effort will involve planting native coastal sage scrub in place of demolished trailers. Parking is on the coastal side of Coast Highway, a quarter-mile from the Reef Point stoplight. For more information, call Winter Bonnin at (949) 497-7647.
  • Native Plant hike, 9 a.m. Saturday.
  • Geology walk , 1 p.m. Sunday, meet at Los Trancos Parking Lot near the trailer. From Coast Highway, turn inland at Los Trancos.
  • Spring Plant hike, 9 a.m. Sunday.
  • Historic District guided tours are held on the second Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. The free tours have expanded by adding a plein air artist demonstration at the conclusion of each tour. The walking begin at 10 a.m. across from the Historic District in the Los Trancos Parking Lot at Coast Highway. Artist demonstrations are scheduled as follows: May 12, Jeff Horn; June 9, Jim Wodark.

    • No reservations are required; for more information, visit www.crystalcovealliance.org

    LAGUNA COAST WILDERNESS PARK

    Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, 20101 Laguna Canyon Road; reservations and information, (949) 923-2235; www.ocparks.com.

    Rangers staff the park daily. Open daily, 7 a.m. to sunset, including holidays. Parking lot hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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    Willow Canyon on Laguna Canyon Road, just south of the El Toro Road intersection. Open to hikers, equestrians and mountain bikers on specified trails; open 7 a.m. to sunset, but parking lot is only open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., $3.

    Dilley Preserve on Laguna Canyon Road, just north of the 73 Tollroad: Open daily 7 a.m. to sunset. Parking $3; lot open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

    Little Sycamore Canyon on Laguna Canyon Road, just south of the I-405 interchange: The James and Rosemary Nix Nature Center hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; parking $3; lot open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

    Laguna Heights, the trailhead for West Ridge trail and routes into Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, at Top of the World on Alta Laguna Blvd., is open daily, 7 a.m. to sunset.

    Laguna Canyon Foundation leads a guided Walk with a Naturalist at 9 a.m. Saturdays. Information: (949) 923-2235. All programs meet at Willow Canyon.

  • Mostly Plants hike Len Gardner, Annie Stoeckmann, and Penny Lewis.

    • This six-to-seven mile hike will start at the Willow Staging area, go into Emerald Canyon and back down Laurel Canyon.

    Information: (714) 832-7478.

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