Beginning on Wednesday April 22, Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency (COSCA) trails in Thousand Oaks will be open weekdays from 6:00 am until 6:00 pm. They will remain closed on the weekends from 5:00 pm Friday until 6:00 am Monday morning. Full details can be seen on COSCA’s press release. Read more
Congratulations to Claudia Mitchell of Oxnard who provided the correct answer and was selected as the winner. Thanks to all who responded! The Palomino Trail is in the Rancho Potrero Open Space area, one of the newer large areas in COSCA’s stable. It’s directly south of Dos Vientos and adjacent Read more
You could win $25 if you can you identify the trail in the photo! It’s a short one-mile trail popular with equestrians through rolling grasslands with an elevation gain/loss of about 170 ft. Besides striking views of one of our deep canyons, on clear days the coastline and Channel Islands Read more
The National Park Service has announced that Ventura County Trails within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) will be closed over weekends until further notice. All trails, parking areas, visitor centers and other facilities in LA County have already been closed 24/7 until further notice. What is new Read more
Congratulations to Cynthia Calverley of Thousand Oaks who provided the correct answer and was selected as the winner. Thanks to all who responded! The Los Padres Trail begins on Los Padres Drive a short distance from Moorpark Road. It passes through an oak forest for a half mile, then climbs Read more
We at the Conejo Open Space Foundation are sad to inform you that all trails in the Conejo Valley Open Space are closed until further notice. The text of the press release from the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency (COSCA) announcing the closure follows. You can also view a PDF Read more
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