OCLB – Easy Loop Walk at Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve

Easy Loop Walk at Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve

Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10 AM

Please join me in an EASY 3-mile walk in Newport Beach!

We will start the morning with a quick self-guided tour of the Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center. There are restrooms.

Then we will head out for an easy 3-mile walk along the Preserve.  We will be on mostly flat paved roads and dirt trails.

Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve totals approximately 135 acres. The Nature Preserve is made up of the bluffs surrounding the Bay. Three sensitive species use the bluffs: The California Gnatcatcher, San Diego Cactus Wren, and Burrowing Owl. Two important plant communities are found on the bluffs - grasslands and coastal sage scrub. 

Please note that there are not a lot of birds in the Preserve at this time of year. However there were Cliff Swallows nesting under the eaves of the Interpretive Center.

Please meet me in the parking lot at:

2301 University Drive, Newport Beach 

Bring

A day pack, water,  sunscreen and hat.

Optional

Keep a sack lunch in the car and we can picnic after the walk.  

If you have any questions about this hike, please do not hesitate to reach out to the Trip Leader.

Richard Norman

Email: [email protected]

626-319-4740