Field Trip to O'Neill Regional Park – Sunday June 27 Morning

Registration Required including Waiver Sign
Event limited to 20 people

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DESCRIPTION

Join us for an invigorating morning exploring one of Orange County’s most stunning regional parks nestled in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. Encompassing 4,500 acres of extensive oak woodland and coastal sage scrub habitats, the park hosts a wide diversity of plant life including the whimsical chaparral beargrass (Nolina cismontana) and other interesting botanical curiosities.

We will follow a series of trails including the Live Oak, Coyote Canyon and Vista trails as they loop back towards the Hoffmann Homestead Trail. The highlight of this path is the abandoned home site of the Hoffmann family and the numerous ornamentals and succulents still surviving and sometimes thriving here.

Physical Difficulty: Moderate.  
Plant Intensity: Moderate.
Time: Approx. 2 hours or more depending on the group.

PREPARATION

Registration required - use link above. This trip requires a $5 entrance fee to the park or an OC Parks Annual Pass. Bring hat, sunscreen, camera, wildflower book/notepad, water and hiking shoes/boots. Masks are optional.

Click on park map image below for official park map. After entering the park at the main entrance kiosks off Live Oak Canyon Rd, stay to the right on the paved road to the end of the parking area where we will meet at the Live Oak Trail.

MEET AT 9 AM AT THE LIVE OAK TRAIL TRAILHEAD. Leader: Jonathan Frank.

O'Neill Park map link