Parks Celebration Brings Free Events to Sonoma County Parks & Open Spaces

A full moon hike on Sonoma Mountain. Camping in the hills of Helen Putnam Park. Stand-up paddling on the Russian River. Regional Parks and its partners are celebrating the spring beauty of Sonoma County's parks and open spaces by hosting these and dozens of other free adventures from Earth Day, April 22,2015 through Memorial Day, May 25, 2015.

This annual "Parks Celebration" is an invitation to rediscover favorite parks and explore new lands. Rangers and naturalists are leading kayak tours, wilderness training, specialty hikes, bird walks, wildflower walks, bike rides and other outings at regional parks like Riverfront and Doran, state parks like Annadel and Sugarloaf, and open spaces like the Jenner Headlands and Pole Mountain.

Parks Celebration kicks off with the following events, with a full list of activities available at sonomacountyparks.org.

• Earth Day Celebration - April 22, 2015 Spring Lake's Environmental Discovery Center

• Sunset and Wildflower Walk - April 23, 2015
  Tolay Creek Ranch

• Sonoma Creek to Peak Walk - April 25, 2015
  Maxwell Farms Regional Park to Overlook Trail

• Seabird Viewing - April 26, 2015
  Gualala Point Regional Park

• Intro Backpacking - April 29, 2015
  Helen Putnam Regional Park

• Kayak with a Ranger - April 29, 2015
  Riverfront Regional Park

• Wilderness Survival Skills - May 2, 2015 Ragle Range Regional Park

Parks Celebration 2015 is organized by Regional Parksand the Regional Parks Foundation. Sponsors include Green Valley Consulting Engineers, Whole Foods Market, Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District, Parks Alliance for Sonoma County, Sonoma County Water Agency, Sonoma Land Trust, Mary's Pizza Shack, Spring Lake Village, Shutterbug Camera Shopsand EBA Engineering.