Santa Cruz Natural History Bike Tour

Cruise the coast from lagoon to lagoon, observing our local plants and wildlife on the way. Join Museum staff and CCWG scientists with your bicycles and binoculars for a leisurely 6-mile bike tour from the Museum to Younger Lagoon. After bagels and coffee at the Museum, we'll pedal over to San Lorenzo Point, by the river mouth. We'll travel over the historic train trestle to our urban wetland, Neary Lagoon.

We'll pedal along West Cliff Drive to observe marine mammals and sea birds (we'll bring a spotting scope and field guides!). Then we'll continue on to Natural Bridges State Park to explore the seasonal lagoon at Moore Creek. We'll end our day at Younger Lagoon by the Seymour Center to hear scientists' point of view on wetlands.

--Matt Miller