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Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

When
Visit on your scheduleOpen daily 7:30 am to sunset
Where
Big Morongo Canyon Preserve50048 29 Palms Hwy, Morongo Valley, CA 92256Open in Google Maps ↗
Ages
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Cost
Admission is free; donations welcomed
Organizer
Friends of Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

A desert oasis preserve in Morongo Valley managed by the Friends of Big Morongo Canyon Preserve and listed among San Bernardino County's regional parks, popular with birders. The preserve is open daily year-round from 7:30 am to sunset and admission is free (donations welcome). Boardwalk and dirt trails loop through the marsh and cottonwood-willow forest from the parking lot kiosk, and an Education Center hosts drop-in family programs. The preserve's calendar lists free Wednesday Bird Walks, 2nd-Saturday bird walks, Family Nature Walks on the first and third Saturdays, 'Science Sunday' family programs with Ranger Kaeliegh most Sundays, and a 4th-Saturday 'Hiking the Trails' outing. Fall, winter and spring are the recommended seasons to visit.

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ZIP 92256 taken from the preserve's own calendar-export links. No phone printed on the homepage.