NATURE EVENTS
Connect • Learn • Volunteer • Explore
There’s always something happening in nature along the Central Coast!
From wildlife tours to native plant sales, guided hikes, clean ups and seasonal celebrations — there are endless ways to get outside!
Many are free and family-friendly... click on the links to learn more!
🗓️ Daily and Weekly Offerings
California State Parks PORTS Program
Free 45-minute live educational videos with California Park Rangers — a new topic and park expert each day. 🔗 View Schedule
Central Coast State Parks: Junior Ranger Programs every T, W, F and Sat. Visit https://centralcoastparks.org/calendar/ for details.
Pecho Coast Trail to Lighthouse – Port San Luis, Avila Beach
Docent-led hikes Wednesday & Saturday at 8:45 AM (Lighthouse 3.75 mile hike and Rattlesnake 8 mile hike)🔗 https://trails.pge.com/
Piedras Blancas Light Station – San Simeon Tours of the Historic Park Tues, Thurs, Sat at 9:45AM 🔗https://www.piedrasblancas.org
🌿 June 2026 Events 🌿
June 29 (5-7:30PM) – Morro Coast Audubon Society: Bird Walk & Annual Picnic – El Chorro Regional Park, SLO
🔗 https://www.morrocoastaudubon.org
June 30 (5:30–7:30PM) – SLO Botanical Garden: Book Club at the Garden
🔗 https://slobg.org/calendar-of-events/
🌿 July 2026 Events 🌿
Please check event links for current details, as dates, times, and locations may change.
Some events require advance registration or have age guidelines.
July 1 (11am–12:30pm) – SLO Botanical Garden: Founders Tour with Eve
🔗 https://slobg.org/calendar-of-events/
July 1 (1–2:30pm) – Estero Bay Art and Craft: Introduction to Nature Journaling – Morro Bay
🔗 https://esterobayartandcraft.com
July 5 (9–11am) – ECOSLO: Post 4th of July Cleanups – Pirates Cove & Cayucos Pier
🔗 https://www.ecoslo.com/events
July 7 (10am–noon) – ECOSLO: Johnson Ranch Open Space
🔗 https://www.ecoslo.com/events
July 8 (6–8pm) – SLO Beaver Brigade: Community Cleanup: Paso Robles Riverwalk
🔗 https://www.slobeaverbrigade.com/events/
July 8 (5:30–6:30pm) – Central Coast State Parks Association: Virtual Mind Walk – The Positive Impacts of a Healthy Forest with Don Gaede
🔗 https://centralcoastparks.org/calendar/
July 9 (10am–noon) – SLO Beaver Brigade: Watery Walk, Pismo Creek
🔗 https://www.slobeaverbrigade.com/events/
July 10 (10am–noon) – Central Coast State Parks Association: Guided Walk at Morro Strand State Beach
🔗 https://centralcoastparks.org/calendar/
July 11 (10am–noon) – EarthShine: Community Cleanup – Oceano Park, Oceano
July 11 (10am–noon) – Friends of Fiscalini Ranch Preserve: Docent Walk – "Forest Bathing", Cambria
🔗 https://www.fiscaliniranchpreserve.org/explore/docent-walks/
July 11 (8:30pm) – Central Coast Astronomical Society: Public Dark Sky Star Party, Santa Margarita Lake Park
🔗 https://www.centralcoastastronomy.org/catagory/star-party/
July 12 (9:30–11:30am) – Latino Outdoors Central Coast: Kayaking in Morro Bay – Sub Sea Tours & Kayaks
🔗 LO Central Coast | Kayaking in Morro Bay
July 12 (10–11:30am) – Central Coast Nature Journal Club: Poetry at Cambria Chinese Temple, Cambria
🔗 https://www.facebook.com/groups
July 15 (5–7pm) – Land Conservancy of SLO County: World Snake Day – Open House at Octagon Barn Center, SLO
July 15 (6:30–8pm) – SLO Beaver Brigade: Watery Walk: Salinas River – Atascadero
🔗 https://www.slobeaverbrigade.com/events/
July 16 (5–7pm) – ECOSLO: Discover the Green Business Program – SLO County Library, SLO
🔗 https://www.ecoslo.com/events
July 18 (9:30am) – Elfin Forest: Third Saturday Walk – Reptiles, led by Trevor Ruppert
🔗 https://www.elfin-forest.org/visiting/Walks
July 18 (1–4pm) – Land Conservancy of SLO County: 120th Anniversary of the Octagon Barn, SLO
July 19 (4–6pm) – Greenspace Cambria Speaker Series – The Remarkable Life and Imperiled Future of Kelp, with David Helvarg
🔗 https://greenspacecambria.org/events-calendar
July 19 (5–7pm) – Surfrider SLO: Sunset Beach Cleanup with YPNG
🔗 https://slo.surfrider.org/volunteer
July 22 (6–7pm) – CC State Parks Association: Virtual Mind Walk – Community-Based Burning: Heal the Land to Heal the People with Sophia Marquez
🔗 https://centralcoastparks.org/calendar/
July 24 (10am–noon) – Central Coast State Parks Association: Guided Walk at Morro Strand State Beach
🔗 https://centralcoastparks.org/calendar/
July 24 (7:30–9:30pm) – Land Conservancy of SLO County: National Moth Week Night
July 25 (9:30am) – Elfin Forest: Third Saturday Walk – Bats, led by Ron Ruppert
🔗 https://www.elfin-forest.org/visiting/Walks
July 25 (10am–noon) – Friends of Fiscalini Ranch Preserve: Docent Walk – Exploring the Preserve for Insects – Cambria
🔗 https://www.fiscaliniranchpreserve.org/explore/docent-walks/
July 26 (10am–noon) – SLO Botanical Garden: Nature Sunday – Surprising Sand and Sediment
🔗 https://slobg.org/calendar-of-events/
July 28 (5:30–8pm) – Central Coast Aquarium: Science After Dark, feat. Morro Bay National Estuary Program, Avila Beach
🔗 https://www.centralcoastaquarium.org/calendar/
July 29 (10–11am) – CCState Parks Association: Mind Walk – Fire Ecology Fundamentals with Dr. Ashley Grupenhoff – Coon Creek Trail
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