2010 Events:

Year Round

Kids Challenge

The all new 2009 Kids Challenge guidebook is filled with 10 fun activities and one bonus trip for kids in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service. To sign up, call 1-888-EBPARKS (327-2757), option 2, 3 or... Click HERE to Register Online...

January 2010

January 13: Trails Challenge 2010 Registration Opens 

January 18: Day of Service, Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline and Shimada Park  

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February 2010

February 23: Wedding Fair, Brazilian Room, Tilden Regional Park

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March 2010

March 2:  Wedding Fair, Brazilian Room, Tilden Regional Park 

March 6 - 7: Open House, Black Diamond Mines 

March 14: Johnny Appleseed Day, Ardenwood Historic Farm 

March 14, 20, 28: - Whale watching trips, Half Moon Bay 

March 27: Egg Scramble, Crown Beach 

March 27: Wildflower Festival, Sunol Regional Wilderness

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April 2010

Brooks Island Tour Season 

April 10: Tartan Day Scottish Fair, Ardenwood Historic Farm 

April 17: Plant Sale, Regional Parks Botanic Garden, Tilden Regional Park 

April 17: Earth Day  April 17 California Trail Days 

April 18: Sheep Shearing Day, Ardenwood Historic Farm 

April 24: Open House, Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve

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May 2010

Swim Season 

May 8: Mother’s Day Tea, Ardenwood Historic Farm 

May 8 - 9: Backpacking Trip, Anthony Chabot Regional Park 

May 14: Concert at the Cove, Crab Cove 

May 21 - 23: Storytelling Festival, Kennedy Grove Regional Rec. Area 

May 22: Diamond in the Rough Anniversary Gala 

May 28 - 31: Rattlesnake Rendezvous, Sunol Regional Wilderness 

May 31: Open Houses, Visitor Centers

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 June 2010

June 5: Sand Castle/Sculpture Building Contest, Crab Cove 

June 11: Concert at the Cove, Crab Cove 

June 13: Bird and Butterfly Festival, Coyote Hills Regional Park 

June 13 - 20 - 27: Hay Harvest, Ardenwood Historic Farm 

June 19: Return of the Terns, Crab Cove 

June 20: Park’n It Day Camp Launches

June 20: Father’s Day - Del Valle Regional Park

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July 2010

July 4: Independence Day, Ardenwood Historic Farm 

July 4: Open House, Tilden Nature Area 

July 9: Concert at the Cove, Crab Cove 

July 11, 18 , 25: Wheat Harvest, Ardenwood Historic Farm 

July 31: Movie Night

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August 2010

August 7, 14, 21, 28: Movie Night 

August 13 -14: Backpacking Trip, Sunol Regional Wilderness 

August 13: Concert at the Cove, Crab Cove 

August 21: Cajun/Zydeco Festival, Ardenwood Historic Farm

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September 2010

September 4 - 6: Historic Rail Fair, Ardenwood Historic Farm 
September 6: Open Houses, Visitor Centers 
September 6: Labor Day on the Farm, Ardenwood Historic Farm 
September 11: Apple Festival, Garin Regional Park 
September 11 - 12: Shakespeare Festival, Ardenwood Historic Farm 
September 25: California Coastal Cleanup  

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October 2010

October 3: Gathering of Ohlone Peoples, Coyote Hills Regional Park 
October 9 & 10: Harvest Festival, Ardenwood Historic Farm 
October 17: Open House, Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve 
October 17: Cowboy Culture Extravaganza, Sunol Regional Wilderness 
October 23: Halloween Events, Redwood Regional Park, Crab Cove, and Sunol Regional Wilderness 
October 30: Halloween Haunted Caves, Tilden Nature Area 
October 31: Halloween Event, Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve

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November 2010

November 26: Open Houses, Crab Cove and Sunol Visitor Centers 

November 26: Return of the Monarchs, Ardenwood Historic Farm 

November 26: Turkey Day Hikes 

November 27: Last Mine Open House of the Season, Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve

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December 2010

December 4 & 5: Christmas at Ardenwood 

December 10: Evening at the Patterson House (City of Fremont), Ardenwood 

December 11 & 12: Holiday Splendor Patterson House Tours (City of Fremont), Ardenwood