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Which parks have education centers?

There are six interpretive centers within the Nature Reserve of Orange County, and each one offers a different educational experience: the Nix Nature Center at Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, the Visitor Center at Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, the Nature Center at Irvine Regional Park, the Nature Center at Santiago Oaks Regional Park, the Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center at Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve, and the Back Bay Science Center at Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve. You can find more about these centers here, and on each park’s page.

Do any NROC education centers welcome field trips?

The education, visitor, and interpretive centers within the NROC are one of the best ways visitors can become acquainted with the breadth of wildlife and open space we have in Orange County, and we want every local kid to grow up with access to nature. Many of the nature centers have daily drop-in hours and lots of scheduled public programming available to groups. To organize a more specific outing, contact the nature center directly. You’ll find information on each one here, and on each individual park’s page.