Eaton Canyon Nature Center
1750 N. Altadena Drive
Pasadena, CA 91107
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Map and Driving Directions
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Park Telephone: (626) 398-5420 and
Fax: (626) 398-5422
For Park Reservations Please Call
(626) 398-5420
Park Hours: Sunrise to Sunset
Nature Center Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Daily except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Closed Mondays.
No Parking or Entry Fees
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Eaton Canyon Natural Area is a 190-acre zoological, botanical, and geological nature preserve situated at the base of the beautiful San Gabriel Mountains. Visitors can enjoy its hiking trails, equestrian trails with a staging area, picnic areas, seasonal stream, rocks and minerals, various natural habitats, native plants, and wildlife.
The Eaton Canyon Nature Center is a 7,600 square-foot building with a museum and exhibit hall areas containing many fascinating natural history displays, local history exhibits, live animal exhibits, offices, classrooms, a library, an auditorium, restrooms, information desk, and gift shop.
Center staff and volunteers are present to help you find information about hiking trails, animals, plants, geology, history of the Canyon, ecology, docent-guided tours, scheduled walks, and other available programs.
Eaton Canyon has an Equestrian Staging Area that provides for the parking of horse trailers and a corral for warming up the horses before riding them on our equestrian trail. The entrance is on New York Drive and is for daylight usage only.
To learn more about the programs and/or the volunteer involvement opportunities at Eaton Canyon, including training to be a docent, gift shop and information counter volunteer, or garden/trail work volunteer, call (626) 398-5420 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. daily.
(Program and Event fees, dates, and times are subject to change)
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Park Features
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Special Events
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No special events scheduled
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Park Programs
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• Birding
• Docent Training
• Field Trips in Nature Programs for Children
• Guided School Tours
• Guided Tours for Scout Groups and Other Organizations
• Hiking
• Junior Ranger Classes
• Monthly Bird Walks (guided)
• Monthly California Native Plant Society Walks (guided)
• Monthly Meetings of the Sierra Club, Pasadena Audubon Society, California Native Plant Society, and Southwestern Herpetologists Society
• Monthly Waterfall Hikes (guided)
• Moonlight Walks (guided)
• Native Plant Gardening
• Outreach Programs
• Picnicking
• Special Events
• Student Naturalist Training
• Student Nature Camps
• Twilight Programs
• Waterfall and Seasonal Stream
• Weekly Family Nature Walks (guided)
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Educational Tours and Programs
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Guided School Tours -3rd to 6th graders
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Wednesdays and Fridays
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10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
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October to June by appointment only
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| Fee: No charge
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Nature-In-A-box Teacher Loan Kits Program
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September to June by appointment only
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Fee: No Charge to educators (required to attend workshop)
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| Please call Nature Center for details
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Scouts Ranger Talk or Nature Tour
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| Year--round by appointment only
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| Fee: No Charge; Donations welcome
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Self-guided School Tours
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(all ages)
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October to June
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Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays by appointment only
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Fee: No Charge
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Weekly and Monthly Guided Walks and Programs
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Walks meet in front of the Nature Center
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Bird Walk
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All Ages
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Third Sunday of each month (weather permitting)
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8:00 a.m.
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Fee: No Charge
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California Native Plant Society Plant Walk
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All Ages
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September to May
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Second Sunday of each month
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9:00 a.m.
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Fee: No charge
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Family Nature Walk
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All Ages
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Every Saturday (weather permitting)
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Fee: No Charge
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“Nature Tails”
Story Telling
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10:00 a.m.
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Every Saturday
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Fee: No Charge
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Moonlight Nature Walk
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All Ages
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April to September
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Fridays closest to the full moon
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Call the Nature Center for dates and for group reservations of 10 or more
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7:30 p.m.
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Fee: Donation of $2 per person
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Waterfall Nature Hike
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All Ages
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September to May
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Fourth Sunday of each month (weather permitting)
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9:00 a.m.
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Fee: No Charge
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Seasonal Programs
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Nature Detective Class Series
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8-14 years
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April to May (Exact Dates and Hours TBA)
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Fee: $85/person
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Volunteer Training Programs
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Adult Docent/Naturalist Training
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18 years and up
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February to April
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Fee: $45/training
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Student Naturalist Program
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12-17 years
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March to April, weekday classes
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Followed by year-round training/volunteering sessions
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Fee: $95/student
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3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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