What We Are
Letsgooutside.org is a collaboration between landowners, land managers, and environmental non-profit organizations to provide the community with easy access to information about natural resources and opportunities to experience nature in Orange County. Whether you’re interested in mountain biking through oak woodlands in OC Parks’ Limestone Canyon, harvesting seed at the Native Seed Farm, or hiking from the City of Irvine’s Bommer Canyon to Crystal Cove State Park, your next great adventure is right here in Orange County.
Let’s Go Outside!
How It All Began
The original purpose of this website was to help people find and register for free guided activities on the Irvine Ranch Natural Landmarks. Prized for its beauty, unusual geology and extraordinary diversity of flora and fauna, the Landmarks feature many special places unlike anywhere else on earth. The mountainous expanse of the northern Irvine Ranch Natural Landmarks form a giant swath of open space containing remote canyons, free-flowing watersheds, and important wildlife corridors that allow animals to move around the Southern Californian landscape. The Landmarks extend south towards the sea, where visitors can experience some of the largest remaining areas of coastal sage scrub along with oak woodlands, native grasslands and craggy rock outcrops.
The Path Ahead
While The Irvine Ranch Natural Landmarks still host a majority of the activities offered through Letsgooutside.org, the site now includes activities hosted throughout Orange County in a variety of nature preserves, open spaces, wilderness parks, and regional parks. We hope this website continues to grow and feature more opportunities to experience nature in more locations throughout Orange County.
