Best Camping Spots & Outdoor Adventures
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Canyon View Park
Grassy areas, a playground & paths. 12-acre park with big grassy areas, a sand-covered playground & path overlooking the canyon.
Laguna Niguel Regional Park
Lakefront fishing, sports & amphitheater. Surrounding a fishing lake, this park offers trails, sports courts, picnic space & an amphitheater.
Laguna Coast Wilderness Park: Big Bend
Recreation area within coastal canyons. 7,000-acre park with many trails for hiking, biking & horseback riding, plus a nature center.
Upper Moro Campground
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Seaview Park Trail and Overlook
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Deer Canyon Campground
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Crystal Cove State Park
Beach, hiking trails, coves & tide pools. Park has 3.2-mile beach with sandy coves & tide pools, plus 2,400 acres of land for hiking & biking.
Pacific Ridge Trailhead
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Bommer Canyon Preserve Cattle Camp
Wildlands, trails & a former cattle camp. This large natural area features many paths for hiking & biking, plus a historic former cattle camp.
Moro Campground Entrance
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Bommer Canyon Nature Trail
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Turtle Rock Nature Center
Educational nature preserve with trails. Five-acre nature preserve with trails for viewing wildlife & habitats, plus an outdoor classroom.
Lake Forest Sports Park: Glass Creek Overlook
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Thomas F. Riley Wilderness Park
Tranquil setting for wildlife viewing. Ranger-led & self-guided hikes through a 544-acre wildlife sanctuary, plus bike & horse trails.
Camp Izza
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O'Neill Regional Park
Trails, picnics, playgrounds & campsites. Park's 4,000 acres offer hiking trails, picnic tables, playgrounds & camping via registration.
Arroyo Campground
Regional park camping with horse corrals. Tent, RV & group campground with horse corrals & fire pits in a 4,500-acre forested canyon park.
Live Oak Campground at Caspers Wilderness Park
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Red Rock Canyon
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Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort & Marina
Rustic beach cottages, plus a pool. Casual resort offering simple beachside cottages, plus RV parking, a pool, dining & a marina.
Ortega Flats Campground at Caspers Wilderness Park
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Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park
Large preserve with camping & wildlife. Huge, 8,000-acre park preserve with camping, wildlife sightings, nature walks, trails & more.
Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve
Birding, biking & an interpretive center. Home to many bird species, this 135-acre park offers an interpretive center & hiking/biking trails.
The CAMP
Hip, eco-conscious retail & dining spot. Retail complex featuring health-conscious & eco-friendly local shops, services & eateries.
Black Star Canyon Wilderness Park
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Oak Canyon Park
Vast fishing & camping area on a lake. Sprawling 750 acres with forested mountains & a lake, plus fishing for many species & camping.
Talbert Regional Park
180 acres divided up by plant groups. Park divided into 6 areas by plant groups to showcase diverse habitats along the Santa Ana River.
Estancia Park
Green space with picnic & grilling areas. Modest recreation area with green spaces, picnic shelter, tables & grilling sites.
Maple Springs Trailhead
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Peters Canyon North Trailhead
340-acre park includes reservoir. Popular jogging & hiking park features coastal sage scrub & grassland habitats, plus a reservoir.
Huntington State Beach
Large surfing beach with a paved trail. A popular surfing destination, this sandy 121-acre beach also offers a 8.5-mi. paved trail.
Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center
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Mile Square Regional Park
Large urban park with many facilities. City park offering 3 golf courses, soccer fields & baseball diamonds as well as picknicking & lakes.
Camp Sycamore
Park campground for youth groups. Youth-group campground at Mile Square park offering a fire ring, BBQs, a shelter & restrooms.
Blue Jay Campground
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Huntington Beach RV Campground
RV park with ocean views & beach access. Unassuming RV park offering sites with partial hookups, plus ocean views & beach access.
Ortega Oaks RV Park & Campground
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Ortega Falls
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Haster Basin Recreational Park
Soccer fields, a lake & picnic areas. Community park with jogging trails, soccer fields, exercise stations & lakeside picnic shelters.
Oak Canyon Nature Center
Nature park with an interpretive center. Nature park featuring oak forests, scrubland & canyons, plus wildlife & an interpretive center.
Fisherman's Camp
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Tenaja Falls
Scenic rocky hiking trail to waterfall. National forest waterfall accessed via a trailhead with spring cascades teeming with birdlife.
Redwood Creek Challenge Trail
Kid-oriented adventure trail in a forest. A traverse wall, ropes course & slides, plus a cave for visitors to discover their spirit animal.
Glen Eden Nudist Resort
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Featherly Regional Park
Riverside wilderness with an RV park. Riparian wilderness area along the Santa Ana River Bikeway featuring an RV & group camping park.
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
Protected coastal estuary & bird habitat. 1300 acre ecological preserve with over 200 avian species spread around the coastal wetlands.
Bolsa Chica State Beach
A public beach with RV sites & fire pits. A beachfront state park with fire rings & RV campsites, featuring sunbathing, surfing & volleyball.
Yorba Regional Park
Picnicking, fishing, hiking & biking. Mile-wide park adjacent to the Santa Ana River has 140 acres of picnic tables, lakes, trails & more.
Skull Canyon Ziplines
Adventure outfit with zip-lining courses. Adventure outfit offering high-speed zip-line courses amid scenic mountain terrain.
Coyote Cove Lakeside Camping
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Weekend Paradise
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Launch Pointe Recreation Destination & RV Park
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Fresno Canyon Trail
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Rimcrest Trailhead
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Redwood Grove
Park with giant redwood trees & lake. Unspoilt park with a marked trail through a giant redwood grove, 4-acre lake & colorful playground.
Craig Regional Park
Recreation on 124 acres with a lake. 124-acre recreational park with biking, hiking & picnicking, plus hills, a rose garden & a lake.
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