You could win $25 if you can you identify the trail in the photo! It’s a moderate 1.1 mile trail through a beautiful riparian woodland with about 520 feet of climbing. From the trailhead, it leads to a major east-west trail in our open space. Because of some leaning limbs Read more…
These photos were submitted via Twitter and Instagram. Remember to maintain your appropriate social distance from other trail users while enjoying our open space during the coronavirus epidemic. Thanks to Twitter users RachelHKnight, seangreene89, Mirdear1, cmgrowell and Instagram users jesscdy, val_eaton , mirdear75, justbexpix, northsea007, and meg_macias for allowing us Read more…
A message from the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency: Make everyone’s safety a priority 1. Think First of staying home and avoiding others. We are in a health emergency rather than a holiday, and this is about saving lives. 2. Walk Instead. Before planning a hike that requires a car, Read more…
In this edition… Social Distancing on the trails : Spring flowers : Trail Trivia Alapay Trail : Harry Medved presentation on filming in the Conejo Valley : May 14 Guest Speaker Joey Algiers : Julia Osborn-Gourley : Spotlight on Steve Clark : Open Space Challenge : Spring Trail Work Day Read more…
Congratulations to Steve Bacharach of Thousand Oaks who provided the correct answer and was selected as the winner. Thanks to all who responded! What is now the Sapwi Trails Community Park was originally planned to be a sports park with baseball diamonds and soccer fields. However, the site is part Read more…
A message from the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency: Dear COSCA Trail Friends, In light of community concerns about the potential spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), and recommendations by health professionals to limit large gatherings, COSCA chosen to cancel the Trail Work Day scheduled for March 21, 2020 at Read more…
Can you identify where the bike park shown in the photo is? Its multi-use area was named for a Chumash village, meaning “house of the deer”. (Photo credit, Steve Clark.) We hope that our “Where in the Conejo” contest inspires open space enthusiasts like you to find new places in Read more…
Congratulations to Cindy Wagner of Thousand Oaks who provided the correct answer and was selected as the winner. Thanks to all who responded! This section of the Los Robles (East) Trail has the unofficial name of the Lily Tomlin Trail. It gets the name from the character she played, Edith Read more…
The Conejo chapter of the Sierra Club will be leading hikes that cover the trails of the Conejo Open Space Challenge. All 10 trails will be covered during the month of March, and all hikes are only a few miles long. View the schedule on our Events page or visit Read more…
On Thursday night, we had a full house for Harry Medved’s talk on movie filming in the Conejo Valley! Harry talked about dozens of movies that had been filmed in Thousand Oaks when it mostly consisted of ranchlands. Western movies, war movies, period pieces, Elvis flicks, even Back to the Read more…