Teachers

 

Registration for 2026-2027 Virtual and In-Person Field Trips to Santa Cruz-area State Parks opens August 14 at 9 a.m.

If you are not seeing the opportunity to select/book a specific date, it is because that day is already full. 

In-Person Programming

- Redwood Grove: During this experience, you and your students will walk the Old-Growth Redwood Loop Trail with an interpreter and learn about coast redwood life history, physiology, adaptations, ecosystems, and more! Program specifics differ depending on age group (grades K-2, 3-6, 7-12). Schedule your in-person Redwood Grove field trip here. 

Virtual Programs

- The Sandhills: During this program, students will explore a unique and sensitive ecosystem of the park, one that most people don’t even know exists: the Santa Cruz Sandhills. Students will get the opportunity to see plants and animals that only live in this area and nowhere else in the world. Program specifics differ based on grade level. Schedule your virtual Sandhills field trip here. 

- Redwood Grove: In this program, students will have the opportunity to observe coast redwoods and an old-growth redwood forest. We will introduce redwoods, their life history, unique adaptations and distribution, different plant and animal species that live in the redwood community, and more! Program specifics differ based on grade level. Schedule your virtual Redwood Grove field trip here.    

Self-Guided Redwood Grove Program

- This program presents an opportunity for teachers to walk through the Redwood Grove with their students and facilitate their own program or follow along with the Redwood Grove guide. This program does not include a tour guide with the reservation. Schedule your self-guided field trip here. 

 

This is a Kids2Parks Participating Park! 

Kids2Park LogoKids2Parks is an innovative park-equity program to bring students from Title 1 schools to State Park field trips. The program, a partnership between California State Parks and Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks, increases the number of students who have visited a state park or beach by reducing barriers to access. The program offers transportation funding for field trips to select Title 1 schools in Santa Cruz, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties. For more information, and to apply, please visit www.thatsmypark.org/visit/k2p.