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Edgewood Park Trails
There are over ten miles of hiking trails at Edgewood Park and Natural Preserve. The trails range from easy to moderate and wind through woodlands, grasslands and chaparral plant communities. Several trails offer magnificent bay and mountain views.
Let’s all be good park visitors! Be sure to hike single file on narrow trails, and also be extra careful not to leave litter on the trails.
Edgewood Native Garden
In 2005, volunteers began transforming the area around the Bill and Jean Lane Education Center from a mass of non-native weeds and brambles into an accessible native garden. Today, the native garden covers approximately ½ acre and features over 100 native plants found at Edgewood Park and Natural Preserve.
Edgewood Wildflower Survey
Each week our docents hike the preserve and track what’s in bloom. Year-round, they cover the major trails and the native garden. There’s always something flowering at Edgewood!
The federally threatened Bay checkerspot butterfly once thrived in Edgewood’s native grasslands, but by 2002 it had disappeared. Learn about our efforts to bring this iconic species back!
Friends of Edgewood Docents lead monthly adult and kid-friendly nature hikes throughout the year. Sign up for one of these free guided hikes at friendsofedgewood.eventbrite.com.
We have many ways for you to get involved with Friends of Edgewood.
Edgewood hosts more than 560 plant species, more than 100 bird species, 21 mammal species, 13 reptile and amphibian species, and countless invertebrates. Check out our online Field Guides below, stop by the Bill and Jean Lane Education Center, or join us on a Nature Hike to learn more about the plants and creatures that call Edgewood home.
General online tools for identifying plants and animals
- Seek by iNaturalist – This easy-to-use app helps you identify just about any life form. Just open the app and point your camera (you don’t even have to take a photo!). Or, open a photo you’ve already taken. Unlike iNaturalist, this app doesn’t require an account or collect data (like your location), so it is only used to identify things, not to contribute to citizen science, and is kid-friendly. This app fully downloads to your device, so you can use it offline.
- iNaturalist – Use this app and/or website to explore and share observations of all life forms. You can browse data without an account, but to post observations, you need to create a free account. You can get identification suggestions, and upload and track all of your observations. The app does not fully download to your device, so you cannot use it offline.
- For apps and/or websites specific to birds and plants, see those Field Guides.