http://www.tinyoranges.com/2008/11/11/oc-play-parks/ Fresh, fun blog for OC moms Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:28:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.tinyoranges.com/2008/11/11/oc-play-parks/#comment-2706 Orange County Photography Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:16:57 +0000 http://www.tinyoranges.com/2008/11/11/oc-play-parks/#comment-2706 One often missed museum and exploration opportunity, especially for older kids in the 9-12 group is Clark Regional Park on Rosecrans Ave. East of Beach Blvd. This park has a small but well stocked natural history museum covering the creatures and plants living in the OC for the last 200 million years as OC went through periods of being marshlands and undersea (that's right, it was all under shallow seas). But the outdoor gems are across the street in the Coyote Hills preserve area where young explorers can discover actual marine life fossils in the hilly terrain. One often missed museum and exploration opportunity, especially for older kids in the 9-12 group is Clark Regional Park on Rosecrans Ave. East of Beach Blvd. This park has a small but well stocked natural history museum covering the creatures and plants living in the OC for the last 200 million years as OC went through periods of being marshlands and undersea (that’s right, it was all under shallow seas). But the outdoor gems are across the street in the Coyote Hills preserve area where young explorers can discover actual marine life fossils in the hilly terrain.

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