El Dorado Nature Center
Photo: Demi Lucas · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
🥾 Hike · Long Beach
1.5 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 35 min driveFrom Arcadia · Parking: Nature center lot, about $5 per car on weekdays and $8 on weekends
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Lots of shadeGood on cool days · Great on sunny days · Handles heat
- ⏱️Typical visit: 1.5 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Fall · Winter
A 100-plus-acre nature preserve on the east side of Long Beach, with 1-mile and 2-mile loops through woods and around two small lakes; turtles, ducks and rabbits turn up constantly, and the nature center at the entrance has live small animals and a kids' corner.
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Long Beach, California
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