Fostering Thoughtful Stewardship of the Earth Enjoy the outdoors!     Learn about nature!     Become inspired! Family Nature Summits!   Family Nature Summits provide a fun and stimulating outdoor-oriented vacation, offering participants the opportunity to enjoy and learn about nature and the environment. Summits offer a broad variety of activities and programs that appeal to singles, couples and families.

CLICK HERE TO DONATE: http://www.naturalist-for-you.org/donate.htm Your fun source for interpretive nature tours, including hiking, walking, wet 'n' wild, waterfalls, plant & wildlife identification, foraging, birding, photography, national forest access, boulder scrambling, exploring, backpacking, living history, outdoor music jams, & fitness.  Programs range from easy family-friendly through extremely challenging adult adventures. Day hikes through overnighters. Specializing in the 4 nati …

So Cal area nature lovers come out and smell the flowers right here in LA. The Puente Hills Preserve is 4,000 acres of open-space located within a 30 minute drive from nearly anywhere in Los Angeles and Orange County. There are excellent monthly naturalist- guided hikes every third Saturday of each month from 9am to 11am at rotating trailheads throughout the Preserve. If you enjoy the outdoors, whether you are an avid hiker or a beginner you'll love the free hikes at the Puente Hills Preserve. B …

This group is intended to be an expansion of a hiking/outdoors ministry that originally started at NewSong Church in Irvine, CA in 2001. This is an expansion from our yahoogroups and facebook group page. Just search under either for "NewSong Hiking/Outdoors". However, this group has expanded beyond this church and we have members and participants from different places. The purpose of the group is to gather people who love God and who love the beautiful outdoors for hiking and other outdoors act …

… In addition to outdoor recreation for members all ages, OC Hiking Club provides education, empowerment, encouragement, inspiration and healing to at-risk youth through mentorship and leadership development in the outdoors.  OC Hiking Club Equality Statement   The OC Hiking Club is an association of persons of all ages, ethnic groups, and religious affiliations who are united in a common love of nature and outdoor activities. We work to enrich the quality of life and character of our community th …

Why do you work out in a gym? You live in Southern California, get out and enjoy it!!!  You can get in the best shape of your life through functional, outdoor fitness with other like-minded folks from our community. "Crossfit" style workouts will be 30 minutes or less (see www.crossfit.com), headquartered at the beach down at Big Corona. This is a totally free group, we just ask for a $5-10/session donation from our regular members to grow the equipment, pay meetup fees, etc. - compare that to o …

… I am hoping this hiking Meetup will grow to become an oasis for those people like me who love outdoors.... I love it when I can get outdoors and feel the cool breeze on my skin, see the open sky along with beautiful scenery, and meet new people while having enjoyable and meaningful conversations that often bring surprises from many different perspectives. I hope many of you will join and build this Meetup for benefit of all.  Bon Voyage for Friendship, Fun, and Healthy Living through Hikes! Josh …

Are you a medical marijuana patient, 420 friendly, cannabis lover, or just a down to earth, open minded person who loves hiking, camping, or anything to do with the outdoors and wants to meet like-minded others? This group is for you!

Are you & your pooch looking for an activity that you can do together (other than watching t.v)?? Do you both like being outdoors & meeting new people/dogs in a safe environment w/responsible owners? Well look no further! Welcome to Active Dog GROUP Adventures! One of the original dog social groups in Orange County & THE BEST! This is the perfect group for you & your dog! A.D.A is about increasing the bond between canines & their humans. Come join fun adventures like agility, flyball. packwalks, …

Most of us work during the weekend! This is a group for those of you whom love the outdoors and love to hike and camp but only have the weekends to do so. Well, although some day hikes will be posted most will consist of overnight to multi day trips ranging from the northern sierras to Joshua tree through all four seasons. Majority will be posted in the San gabrials and San gorgonio/San jacento Mts but there will be scattered adventures elsewhere. Packing in your food and gear is a requirement. …

Are you a medical marijuana patient, 420 friendly, cannabis lover, or just a down to earth, open minded person who loves hiking, camping, or anything to do with the outdoors and wants to meet like-minded others? This group is for you!

We will meet every other week at Tewinkle Park in Costa Mesa for a donation based yoga class.  In addition, we will meet periodically to volunteer our time with local charities and organizations that could use a helping hand - plus maybe a hike or two and some other outdoor activities.   FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT: https://www.facebook.com/livingbalanceyoga

The focus of this meet-up is to create a group for young adults 20-30, to hangout doing anything fun from game-time, outdoor activities, theme parks, hitting the beach, parties and everything in between (open to suggestions as well). This group aims to be active wherever that may lead us. If your interested in meeting new people around the same age and having fun: this group is for you. The meet-ups will be held during the week and weekends to accommodate all schedules, for people like myself wh …

A place for Christians who likes outdoors activities (kayaking, hiking, backpacking, camping, surfing, wind surfing) to meet and fellowship. Also a place to learn and develop a strong relationship with Jesus Christ our LORD and Savior. A place of helping each other and forming friendships.

This meetup group has been made as a way to get friendly people out of the house on the weekends and spend time under the sun this summer! If you want to meet new people, hone your volleyball skills, and have fun, come out and join us for a game. Anyone who has a good attitude and wants to play and learn more about volleyball is welcome. We are very open to suggestions and instructions. So if this sounds like your idea of a good time, please come out and join us!

The group has been updated to reflect the changes from my email below the original description of the group.  I will modify this page again in a few weeks. This is the original description of my purpose in starting this group: "I love to hike, but I have kids that are 9 and 11 . . . and they DON'T. I was in several other OC hiking groups, but most of the hikes happen when I would either need to get a sitter or drag the boys with us. So I finally decided to start a group to pull together others w …