50 Events Flyer - Regional Parks

April
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May
June
July
August
September
October
Cosumnes River Preserve
Workday Extravaganza
Vernal Pool Walks at
CRP’s Howard Ranch
Summer Movie Nights at
Gibson Ranch
Effie Yeaw Nature Center
Summer Fun Days
Effie Yeaw Nature Center 5
Summer Fun Days
Cosumnes River Preserve 3
Guided Walk
Effie Yeaw Nature Center
Maidu Indian Day
www.cosumnes.org
www.cosumnes.org
www.sacparks.net
www.effieyeaw.org
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www.cosumnes.org
www.effieyeaw.org
Happy 4th of July! Relax 1
in one of Sacramento
County’s Regional Parks
ARPF Down River Day
American River 50
3
www.run100s.com/ar.htm
www.KSFM.com
6-10 Effie Yeaw Nature
Center Spring Fun Days
Dry Creek Ranch House
Farm & Tractor Days
www.effieyeaw.org
Visit Vernal Pools at
Mather Regional Park
www.sacparks.net
17 Gene Ahner Golf
Tournament at Mather
www.playmather.com
KSFM Cinco De Mayo
Concert at Discovery
www.sacparks.net
9
Walk on the Wildside
Stone Lakes NWR
www.fws.gov/stonelakes
15-17 Civil War Reenactment
at Gibson Ranch
www.gibson-ranch.com
18 Effie Yeaw Nature Center
Celebrate Creek Week:
16 Guided Paddle along the
Go with the Flow
Cosumnes River
www.effieyeaw.org
18 Picnic Season begins!
Call (916) 875-6336 to
reserve your date & site
www.sacparks.net
18 ARPF’s Spring Clean Up
www.arpf.org
Participate in an Earth
Day event
www.cosumnes.org
21 Sacramento Region’s
Bike To Work Day
www.sacog.org
23 Effie Yeaw Nature Center
Native Plant Walk
www.effieyeaw.org
23-25 Memorial Amateur
Golf Tournament at
Ancil Hoffman
www.golfancilhoffman.com
6-7 TRS Special Olympics
Summer Games
Championship
4
www.sacparks.net
www.sacparks.net
Effie Yeaw Nature Center
Summer Fun Days
Take a raft trip down the
American River
www.effieyeaw.org
www.raftrentals.com
14 ARPF’s Rex Ride on the
American River Parkway
11 Check out Effie Yeaw
Hawk Talk
www.arpf.org
Challenge yourself to
Geocaching along the
American River Parkway
www.geocaching.com
Enjoy some fishing out
at Gibson Ranch
Try windsurfing down at
Sherman Island
Cool off with a canoe
paddle along the
Cosumnes River
www.sacparks.net
www.sacparks.net
www.cosumnes.org
27 Celebrate National
Pollinators Week at
Effie Yeaw Nature Center
www.effieyeaw.org
Take your family for a
bike ride along the
American River Parkway
www.sacparks.net
Take your family out for
a picnic in the park
Book a tee time for golf
at one of the County’s
4 golf courses
www.sacparks.net
www.sacparks.net
Challenge yourself to a
5K walk along the
American River Parkway
www.sacparks.net
www.effieyeaw.org
www.cosumnes.org
www.effieyeaw.org
TBA KZZO Day In The Zone
Concert at Gibson Ranch 19 BrewFest Celebration at
www.radiozone.com
Discovery Park
www.arpf.org
21 Cosumnes River Preserve 18 Eppie’s Great Race
www.thegreatrace.org
Annual Butterfly Count
12 Effie Yeaw Nature Center
Explore the Maidu Village
TBA KNCI Country In The
Park Concert at
Gibson Ranch
www.kncifm.com
www.pointwestrotary.com
20 TRS Fishing Derby at
Gibson Ranch
www.cosumnes.org
TBA Photo Art Contest
These events are
ongoing annual events
that occur in Sacramento
County Regional Parks.
Check out our website
for a full list of events.
www.sacparks.net
Cosumnes River Preserve
Habitat Restoration
Team Workday
www.cosumnes.org
22 Effie Yeaw Nature Center 26 KYMX Kite Fest at
Wet and Wild Pond
Discovery Park
www.kymx.com
Animals Program
www.effieyeaw.org
Go Birdwatching at the
Cosumnes River Preserve
www.sacparks.net
How To Get There:
American River Parkway (Jedediah Smith Memorial Trail)
The Jedediah Smith Memorial Trail is 32-miles long and offers the best trail access in the Sacramento area. This world-renowned
trail winds from Folsom to old Sarcamento, paralleling the American River and stopping at many key places along the way. Activities
along the Trail System include hiking, horseback riding, cycling, inline skating, jogging and strolling.
April
4
4
Cosumnes River Preserve
Workday Extravaganza
www.cosumnes.org
American River 50
www.run100s.com/ar.htm
6-10 Effie Yeaw Nature Center
Spring Fun Days
www.effieyeaw.org
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The trail can be accessed from most parks in the American River Parkway including: Discovery Park, Howe Avenue River Access,
Paradise Beach, Riverbend Park, Rossmoor Bar, Sacramento Bar, Sailor Bar, Sarah Court, Upper/Lower Sunrise River Access,
Waterton Access, Watt Avenue Access and William B. Pond.
Ancil Hoffman Golf Course (6700 Tarshes Drive, Carmichael CA 95608)
From U.S. Highway 50, take the Watt Avenue North exit. Head north on Watt Avenue, make a right onto Fair Oaks Blvd. Follow Fair
Oaks Blvd. to Van Alstine and turn right. Turn left onto California Ave. and then right into the park entrance.
Cosumnes River Preserve (13501 Franklin Blvd. Galt CA 95632) www.cosumnes.org
Head south on I-5 and take the Twin Cities Road exit. Turn left on Twin Cities Road and turn right on Franklin Blvd. Continue on
Franklin Blvd., the Visitor Center will be on your left.
Discovery Park (200 Jiboom Street, Sacramento CA 95814)
From I-5 take the Richards Blvd. off-ramp then go west to get to the south entrance of the park, or follow the Garden Highway exit
east from I-5 to find the north entrance.
Visit Vernal Pools at
Mather Regional Park
www.sacparks.net
Effie Yeaw Nature Center (Tarshes & California, Carmichael 95608) www.effieyeaw.org
Gene Ahner Golf Tournament at
Mather Golf Course
www.playmather.com
Gibson Ranch (8556 Gibson Ranch Road, Elverta CA 95626) www.gibson-ranch.com
Effie Yeaw Nature Center
Celebrate Creek Week:
Go with the Flow
www.effieyeaw.org
Picnic Season begins!
Call (916) 875-6336 to reserve
your date and picnic site
www.sacparks.net
ARPF’s Spring Clean Up
www.arpf.org
REGIONAL PARKS
PASSPORT
Perfect for the jogger, bicyclist,
or fishing enthusiast!
A Parks PASSPORT enables holders
to receive unlimited day-use/parking
at all County park facilities twelve
months from the date of purchase
and support our Sacramento
County Regional Park system ~
all for as little as $50 a year! Funds
go directly to help maintain and operate Sacramento County Regional
Parks.
From U.S. Highway 50, take the Watt Avenue North exit. Head north on Watt Avenue, make a right onto Fair Oaks Blvd. Follow Fair
Oaks Blvd. to Van Alstine and turn right. Turn left onto California Ave. and then right into the park entrance.
From U.S. Highway 50, take the Watt Avenue North exit. From Watt Avenue, make a left onto Elverta Road. Make a right into the
park entrance, located just past the bridge over Dry Creek.
From Highway 5 or 99, drive north and continue on 99 at the split. Exit at Elverta Road and turn right. Follow for 5 miles and turn
left into park entrance just past Cherry Island Golf.
Mather Regional Park (4103 Eagles Nest Road, Mather CA 95655)
From U.S. Highway 50, take the Mather Field off-ramp. Follow Mather Field Road south to Mather Blvd. and make a left. Make
another left on Douglas Blvd. Take a right on Eagles Nest Road and follow to the park entrance.
Sherman Island (Sherman Island Road, Antioch CA)
Head south on I-5. At the intersection of I-5 and Highway 12, take Highway 12 west. Then exit onto Highway 160, heading south.
Turn right onto Sherman Island Road at the point where Highway 160 drops off at the levee. Continue south on Sherman Island
Road until it enters the park.
For more information call
(916) 875-PARK (7275)
Parks Passports are available for
purchase at the following locations~
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REI Stores (Sacramento Area)
Patriot Bicycles
Effie Yeaw Nature Center
Regional Parks Offices
American River Parkway
Foundation Office
Online atwww.sacparks.net
www.arpf.org
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