OUTDOOR CALENDAR

CRYSTAL COVE STATE PARK

Crystal Cove State Park, 8471 Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, has 3.5 miles of beach and 2,000 acres of undeveloped woodland. $10 day-use parking fee.

The park is open 6 a.m. to sunset daily. Docent-led backcountry hikes are scheduled for most Saturdays and Sundays at 9 a.m. Hikes are three to five miles and last about two hours. Note: All hikes meet at the El Morro Visitor Center (from Coast Highway, turn inland at light for school/state park, follow park signs). For more information, call: (949) 497-7647 or via e-mail [email protected].. Rain cancels.

Willow Canyon on Laguna Canyon Road, just south of the El Toro Road intersection. Open to hikers, equestrians and mountain bikers on specified trails; parking, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., $3.

Laguna Heights, the trailhead for West Ridge trail and routes into Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, at Top of the World on Alta Laguna Blvd., is open daily, 7 a.m. to sunset.

Laguna Greenbelt Inc. leads a hike at 8 a.m. Saturdays. For more information, call: (949) 923-2235. All programs meet at Willow Canyon.

The Nature Conservancy leads a full schedule of hikes, mountain bike tours and equestrian rides within Laguna Coast Wilderness Park and the Irvine Ranch Land Reserve.

For more information and reservations, call: (714) 832-7478 or e-mail [email protected].