 | Open Space & Nature Programs
Mission Statement
The City of Irvine is dedicated to creating and promoting an awareness of our natural community, while encouraging behaviors that will ensure the preservation of our open space wilderness for generations to come. By engaging members of the community in positive outdoor recreational and educational experiences, we will manage and maintain Irvine’s open space preserve as a welcoming and valued part of our City.
The Open Space Preserve is made up of a mosaic of habitats including wetlands, oak woodlands, and coastal sage scrub, and houses some of the most biologically diverse ecosystems in the world. This scenic land provides both preservation of critically important plans and wildlife, as well as an area for recreation and respite.
The Irvine Open Space Preserve is an extremely valuable part of the City's open space system planned to be a network of parks and preserves connected by a trail system for cyclists, hikers and equestrians. The priority for this land is habitat preservation and recreation including, hiking trails, camping and passive recreation. This land, encompassing approximately 4,000 acres, is also contiguous with a larger regional system of open space that includes Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, and Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park.
WILDERNESS ACCESS DAYS HIKE & BIKE AT BOMMER CANYON DATES, click here for a map:
Enjoy self-guided access in Irvine's Open Space Preserve-South. Designated trails will be open for self-guided hiking and biking (temporarily reinstated). Participants MUST check in and register at the Bommer Canyon Cattle Camp prior to accessing the Irvine trail system. Upon registration, participants are given a day use pass that must be carried, and be visible, at all times while in the Preserve. Trail users are allowed to enter the preserve trails up to one hour prior to closing time and no later. Park closes at 3 p.m. Self-guided, ages 17 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian, distance and level of difficulty dependent on trail. Pre-registration is available on the website. On-site registration is also available the day of the event. All mountain bicyclists must wear a helmet at all times while on Irvine Open Space trails. Saturday, Jan 23, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Saturday, February 27, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Sun, March 21, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Saturday, April 24, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Earth Day)Sunday, May 23, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 19, 2010 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.For more information regarding Irvine's Open Space Preserve, please visit the Frequently Asked Questions web page. |
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