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Events

October 2026
Oct 10
10 October 2026
San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center,
600 Oddstad Blvd
Pacifica, 94044 United States
Join the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park for some needed Trail work. Work often varies by the seasons and is trail-oriented involving clearing brush from the trail sides, cleaning out drain dips, raking out trail bends, and cutting overhanging branches. No experience necessary. These work parties typically last about 3 hours,...
Free
Oct 10
10 October 2026
Acompañe a los Friends of San Pedro Valley Park y los Parques del Condado de San Mateo en una caminata de plantas. ¿Quiere saber qué está creciendo en el parque? Acompañe a los Friends of San Pedro Valley Park y los Parques del Condado de San Mateo en una caminata...
Free
Oct 17
17 October 2026
San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center,
600 Oddstad Blvd
Pacifica, 94044 United States
Join the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park for some needed Trail work. Work often varies by the seasons and is trail-oriented involving clearing brush from the trail sides, cleaning out drain dips, raking out trail bends, and cutting overhanging branches. No experience necessary. These work parties typically last about 3 hours,...
Free
Oct 17
17 October 2026
Join J.R. Blair, retired lecturer from SF State, for a travelogue about his trip to Ecuador. J.R. will present photos and videos of his encounters with Darwin's finches, sea lions, tortoises, marine iguanas, reef fish, rays, sharks, sea turtles and more on and around these other-worldly volcanic islands. He also...
Free

News

Visitor Center Closing Again!

After just a few days short of only one full month since the Visitor Center was re-opened to the public on July 3rd, we are discouraged and greatly saddened to...

Visitor Center to Re-Open on July 3rd!

Great News!!  The Visitor Center will once again be open to the public on the weekends beginning Saturday, July 3rd.  Volunteers with the Friends will be hosting again, as usual...

Covid-19 Restrictions Lifted!

As of June 15, 2021, Covid-19 restrictions in place since March 2020 have been lifted for all park visitors. Two-way hiking will immediately resume on all park trails and all...

Earth Day Event a Success!

The Friends of San Pedro Valley Park’s Weeding & Planting Earth Day Event on April 21st was a great success.  Twelve hardy and energetic volunteers showed up, and with support...

The Peregrine’s Saga; March 27th Webinar with Dr. Doug Bell

– by Mila Stroganoff How did we go from a historical figure of 250 Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) pairs in California to 2 pairs in 1970? How did we take...

2020 – A Year to Forget…and Remember

As this year-from-a-horror-movie comes rapidly, and thankfully, to a close, the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park want to take this opportunity to reflect on some of the many accomplishments...

Post-Thanksgiving Event Recap

Our post-Thanksgiving “welcome table” event outside of the Visitor Center on Friday and Saturday, November 27 and 28, to celebrate the new mountain lion “exhibit” was a resounding...

A Special Thanksgiving Outdoor Event

To commemorate our new mountain lion “exhibit,” the Friends are staffing a “welcome” table outside of the Visitor Center this coming Friday and Saturday, November 27 and 28, from 10...

New Mountain Lion Exhibit Installed in Visitor Center

A new mountain lion exhibit, consisting of the park’s existing puma statue together with two new educational display panels, has recently been installed near the entry door of the still-closed Visitor...